“Signs of Life by Michael Rich, an abstract oil painting with sweeping white passages, vivid red marks, pale blue, and deep green.”
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a pair of woven stools.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown straight on in a pale wood frame, with red, blue, and green brushwork across a white field
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a walnut cabinet beside a black leather lounge chair
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the left, showing the pale wood frame and layered, colorful brushwork.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the right, showing the frame depth and bold red and green passages
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed on a sunlit wall beside a cream leather chair and round side table.
“Signs of Life by Michael Rich, an abstract oil painting with sweeping white passages, vivid red marks, pale blue, and deep green.”
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a pair of woven stools.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown straight on in a pale wood frame, with red, blue, and green brushwork across a white field
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a walnut cabinet beside a black leather lounge chair
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the left, showing the pale wood frame and layered, colorful brushwork.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the right, showing the frame depth and bold red and green passages
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed on a sunlit wall beside a cream leather chair and round side table.
“Signs of Life by Michael Rich, an abstract oil painting with sweeping white passages, vivid red marks, pale blue, and deep green.”
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a pair of woven stools.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown straight on in a pale wood frame, with red, blue, and green brushwork across a white field
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed above a walnut cabinet beside a black leather lounge chair
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the left, showing the pale wood frame and layered, colorful brushwork.
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, viewed from the right, showing the frame depth and bold red and green passages
Signs of Life by Michael Rich, shown framed on a sunlit wall beside a cream leather chair and round side table.
Michael Rich Studios

Signs of Life - Oil Painting, 38 × 34 inches

$3,000.00
$3,000.00
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Oil on Canvas, 38 × 34 inches, Framed in pickled, white ash

Signs of Life, painted in the Spring of 2019, is an airy, exuberant, abstract landscape. Not an intentional thing, but I am struck by how much my work can feel like a place or a moment in the landscape. A simple, horizontal slash of green in the lower, righthand corner, feels to me like a strip of field in an afternoon sun or the sea in the distance. While the white and red spaces take on the feel of an activated sky. The work doesn't start out that way, with obvious horizon lines but as the painting progresses, a space starts to take shape. The influence of JMW Turner, where in his seascapes, the horizon is often low, giving room for the sky to take on the drama of light is often on my mind. My time on Nantucket, where the sky is so big and the weather, often dramatic also influences my work - but again, not consciously. When it's all working right, a painting like this is discovered, not planned.

  • Medium: Oil on Canvas
  • Dimensions: 38 × 34 inches
  • Condition: Framed in White, Pickled Ash
  • Hardware included, Ready to Hang
  • Origin: United States
  • One-of-a-kind original

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