Michael Shapcott

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I can be contacted at michaelshapcott@gmail.com

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Artist Statement

Art for me is very much a tool for self-exploration. In a way, I use my art as a personal journal of emotion that changes and evolves with me through various states of mind. I feel that we all can relate to the ups and downs we face individually and collectively as human beings. In trying to touch the deep and ever-changing truth of my own life, I hope to express a familiar and relatable emotion in those who come into contact with my work.

My emotional responses to visual experiences and symbols from dream imagery and folklore are the major inspirations for my work and are most often tainted with a mixture of memory, perception and imagination. Therefore, in capturing those elements in my paintings, I choose to mix realism with illustration by using a combination of graphite, acrylics, and oil paint.

Like each moment in life leads into the next moment, each painting I create leads into the next painting. I honor each completed painting for the feeling it attempted to capture in addition to recognizing it as a stepping stone for my future creations.

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