Medium: Printmaking , Painting , Open Studios , Drawing

Contact Information

478-230-3284

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www.michaelraymarks.com

My work explores wildness—and the tension that exists between human beings and nature. I use this theme to examine what it means to acknowledge both human and animalistic urges: to be driven by rational thought as well as instinct, and to navigate a world that demands both are recognized. Visually, it exists somewhere between painting, drawing, and printmaking. My subjects vary in their depictions of flora and fauna; still-life, abstract scenes of nature, and animals in strange environments. Stylistically merging the past and present, my work connects the tradition of figurative art and allegorical narrative, while presenting a contemporary approach that examines industrialism, science, art history, our complex relationship with the natural world, and the impact of the Anthropocene.