Eye Level Studio

by Michael Rosner
(Sacramento, CA, USA)

Sacramento, CA, USA
Painting is my key to the secret garden, my way down the rabbit hole, my looking glass. The airbrush started it. The natural progression of my work led to a technique using found objects as a masking element that afforded me an efficient way to impose architectural and sacred geometry juxtaposed on organic surfaces such as human skin, the leaf or bone. This juxtaposition becomes a study that allows me a fresh perspective and understanding in how to see and relate to my surroundings.

Each body painted piece is on a live model and can take between 16 to 20 hours to create. All leaves and skulls are real. No computer enhancement is used to create the paintings on these objects.

As I explore varied themes, colors, patterns and textures, I am still awed by the mystery of how creation occurs. I paint from the inside out and though I work deliberately, consciously utilizing both traditional and innovative techniques, my unconscious is the undisputed project manager. As my process evolves with each piece into my unique style, the concrete, repetitive approach combines with chance and provides many opportunities for the happy accident that graces the influence of the final piece.

Transforming an organic object using paint fills me with a sense of accomplishment and integrity and is the creative vehicle that carries me toward the translation of my inner vision to a reality that can be shared.

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