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PASSAGE: THE RED STEP (1988) by Michael Whelan
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THE SCALE OF ETERNITY (1999) by Michael Whelan
Oil on Gessoboard - 25" x 40"
On close examination the linear form the man is climbing is marked with gradations like a ruler. At the time I painted SCALE, I was thinking a lot about our innate drive to quantify, judge or rate aspects of our collective human experience. We can’t seem to overcome our need to define the best, the prettiest, the most powerful or the biggest.
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EROSION (1999) by Michael Whelan
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 40"
The fourth of my End of Nature paintings. The figure is stranded on a pillar of human folly, looking up to a symbol of technology (the lamppost) for her deliverance from the perils signaled by the oncoming storm. Will Science light the way to the future?
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DOORWAY TO THE WEST by Michael Whelan (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 9”
Another search for the light. Creating the illusion of texture in paint, the process of actually painting it, can be an act of meditation. If it were not so, the painting of all those rocks would be torture, especially for someone like me with an impatient nature.
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ENLIGHTENMENT (2006) by Michael Whelan
Oil on Panel - 36" x 24"
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. The wisdom comes from engaging in the effort personally - no one can do it for you.
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EROSION (1999) by Michael Whelan - Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 40"
The fourth of my End of Nature paintings. The figure is stranded on a pillar of human folly, looking up to a symbol of technology (the lamppost) for her deliverance from the perils signaled by the oncoming storm. Will Science light the way to the future?
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