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Michael Whelan<p>THE END OF NATURE (1998)<br>Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"</p><p>The first in what became a series of paintings about our relationship with nature. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/endofnature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endofnature</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>THE REACH (1999)<br>Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 30"</p><p>Almost a Lumen painting, in which figures are trying to work their way out of enclosed spaces and get into the light. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>UNWINDING (2021) <br>Acrylic on Gessobord - 10" x 11 ½” </p><p>The paintings in The End of Nature series are concerned with our relationship to the environment and how we need to care for it. Here, the young boy takes a moment to just enjoy it. 1/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/endofnature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endofnature</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>THE DIVINING HEART (2005)<br>Acrylic on Canvas - 36" x 24"</p><p>"Stepping stones" of ammonite fossils represent the lessons of history and are the only havens of safety for the figure in the foreground. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ammonite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ammonite</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>GLIMPSE (1992)<br>Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 36" </p><p>I think this is the first time I used the red glass heart as a symbol for the immediate and/or material possessions. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>EDGEDANCER (2002)<br>Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"</p><p>A cautionary, “All good things come to an end...” </p><p>While she dances away her day, the ground which supports her erodes into nothingness. </p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/edgedancer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ed</span><span class="invisible">gedancer/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/theendofnature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theendofnature</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>THE CROSSING (1997)<br>Oil on Canvas - 30" X 60"</p><p>The uncertainty of and inescapable attraction to the concept of life after death.</p><p>All of my Passage works use the dream-object of the lighted bubbles—symbols of spirit or unfettered consciousness—to convey the idea of movement from one state of mind to another, a transition to a more open and lighted place; a release.</p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/crossing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwhelan.com/galleries/cr</span><span class="invisible">ossing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/passage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passage</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>THE LEAVETAKING (1992)<br>Oil on Canvas - 18" x 48" </p><p>I planned for this to be a large "preliminary" for a new work in his Passage series that I would paint in oils. 1/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/passage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passage</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>FLOWERS AND WEEDS (1997)<br>Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"</p><p>When my son Adrian was 3 or 4 years old, we used to go to an abandoned construction site where there were huge slabs of concrete embedded with iron reinforcing rods. 1/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>CAUSEWAY (1992)<br>Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"</p><p>The colors came from a foggy morning walk at a reservoir near my home. </p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/causeway/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ca</span><span class="invisible">useway/</span></a><br>1/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fadedstar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fadedstar</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>ASYLUM (2001)<br>Acrylic On Panel - 22" x 28"</p><p>Another double entendre title—for "asylum" can infer both confinement and security. But is she really attaining both?</p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/asylum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwhelan.com/galleries/as</span><span class="invisible">ylum/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>THE MAD POET (1982)<br>Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 12 ½" x 17 ½"</p><p>Since its inclusion in the back matter of THE ART OF MICHAEL WHELAN, this small painting has elicited a strong response from fans. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>LUMEN 6 (1999)<br>Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"</p><p>Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/lumen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lumen</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)<br>Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"</p><p>A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fadedstar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fadedstar</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>KAIROS (2007)<br>Acrylic - 24" x 36"</p><p>I didn't want to just call this PRUDENCE 3, so I looked all over for a word that captured the idea of the painting and KAIROS is the only one that fit.</p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/kairos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ka</span><span class="invisible">iros/</span></a> <br>1/5</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/virtues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtues</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>FLIGHT OF DISCOVERY (2013)<br>Acrylic on Canvas - 16" x 12" </p><p>The stonework was based on ruins we saw in Wales, near a place called Three Cliffs on the Gower Peninsula. We had spent most of the day walking on the gorgeous beach there and looking for fossils in the rocks nearby. 1/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/portals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>WATCHTOWER (1999)<br>Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22" </p><p>While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)<br>Oil on Panel - 36" x 24"</p><p>In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/portals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portals</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>PATHLESS (1999)<br>Acrylic on Panel - 18" x 24"</p><p>In preparing works for a one-man show, I was pressuring myself to have every painting be about a "grand theme" and I was searching around for a subject. I was feeling almost as stressed as if I had a deadline for an illustration project. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>BALANCE (2002)<br>Oil on Canvas - 24" x 20"</p><p>There’s a long tradition of death symbols in art—like the skull on the canopy of leaves here—invoked as “memento mori.”</p><p>The phrase translates to “remember to die,” but more accurately the symbols serve as reminder of the brevity of existence. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/personalvisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalvisions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/imaginativerealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginativerealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a></p>
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