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SUMMARY:\"The Everyday\": Oil Paintings by Michael McSorley
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DESCRIPTION:My paintings are a continuation of my childhood fascination wit
 h the\nvisual world. At the age of 8\, I was taking photos with an old fil
 m\ncamera. My pictures of bicycle wheels\, sewage pumps and other inane\no
 bjects vexed my parents but predicted my future creative production.\nI de
 veloped a sensitivity for the mundane. Bored with school\, I filled\nthe m
 argins of my notebooks\, turning circles into spheres\, creating 3\ndimens
 ional objects from any shape or printed word. Attributing\npersonality and
  life to all subjects matured into an empathy for them\nwhich pervades my 
 current work. Every subject has a spirit. There is a\nspark of the designe
 r within it. In the process of painting something\,\nI am respecting that 
 fire of creativity\, while giving the painting its\nown artistic force. My
  paintings show the passing of time. The subject\nis painted and repainted
 . Changes occur. Time lapses. I paint over the\nsubject and make changes. 
 Prior elements of the subject may remain as\na memory or shadow. The paint
 ing becomes active. Through my process of\nscraping\, wiping\, and repaint
 ing the image\, I find the life that the\nsubject possesses. This creation
 \, destruction\, and evolution leads to\nthe finished piece. The prior ima
 ges may remain or be obscured\, but\nthe remnants are there. It is an anal
 ogy for life\, scarred but\nsurviving. My process has been augmented with 
 color theory\,\natmosphere\, edge quality and experimentation. Sometimes t
 he image is\ndrawn using graphite and brushed around with thinner. The bac
 kground\ncolor is blocked in\, pulling the graphite into the paint\, and u
 sing it\nto darken and tone down the edges. This layer is thin\, and the g
 round\nof the board can reflect through. This increases the intensity of t
 he\ncolor and by brushing\, scraping\, and rubbing\, the color can be\nacc
 ented. I am constantly learning and experimenting with my\npaintings. Venu
 e: Rehoboth Art League.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:My paintings are a continuation of my childhoo
 d fascination with the visual world. At the age of 8\, I was taking photos
  with an old film camera. My pictures of bicycle wheels\, sewage pumps and
  other inane objects vexed my parents but predicted my future creative pro
 duction. I developed a sensitivity for the mundane. Bored with school\, I 
 filled the margins of my notebooks\, turning circles into spheres\, creati
 ng 3 dimensional objects from any shape or printed word. Attributing perso
 nality and life to all subjects matured into an empathy for them which per
 vades my current work. Every subject has a spirit. There is a spark of the
  designer within it. In the process of painting something\, I am respectin
 g that fire of creativity\, while giving the painting its own artistic for
 ce. My paintings show the passing of time. The subject is painted and repa
 inted. Changes occur. Time lapses. I paint over the subject and make chang
 es. Prior elements of the subject may remain as a memory or shadow. The pa
 inting becomes active. Through my process of scraping\, wiping\, and repai
 nting the image\, I find the life that the subject possesses. This creatio
 n\, destruction\, and evolution leads to the finished piece. The prior ima
 ges may remain or be obscured\, but the remnants are there. It is an analo
 gy for life\, scarred but surviving. My process has been augmented with co
 lor theory\, atmosphere\, edge quality and experimentation. Sometimes the 
 image is drawn using graphite and brushed around with thinner. The backgro
 und color is blocked in\, pulling the graphite into the paint\, and using 
 it to darken and tone down the edges. This layer is thin\, and the ground 
 of the board can reflect through. This increases the intensity of the colo
 r and by brushing\, scraping\, and rubbing\, the color can be accented. I 
 am constantly learning and experimenting with my paintings. Venue: Rehobot
 h Art League.
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