Mike Chattem
Midnight Picnic 2, 2019
Acrylic, ink, collage, gouache and resin on paper mounted to panel
32" x 24" x 2"
Mike Chattem has always been amused with banality and fascinated by the absurd underpinnings of reality. In his paintings, mundane moments are transmuted into illusive scenarios that convey a sense...
Mike Chattem has always been amused with banality and fascinated by the absurd underpinnings of reality. In his paintings, mundane moments are transmuted into illusive scenarios that convey a sense of playful and surreal exploration. Scenes like someone looking at a hallway floor, a picture of a friend in nature and a midnight picnic are rendered with dense detail and pattern into fragmentary, collage-like tableaus.
Courtesy of Mash Gallery
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