Spotlight Artist

Michael Cline

Northeast
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Eyes and Hands

Two hands holding vintage spectacles with round blue lenses over a patterned background.

oil on linen

Anthurium

Red anthurium plant in a colorful pot on a wooden floor.

oil on linen, 30 x 24 inches

Sock Sort

Pile of colorful clothes on a wooden floor near a wall.

oil on linen

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Artist Statement

 The passage of time is mysterious. The present never arrives.

How can we recast this transience? What does it mean to memorialize an incidental moment or treasured object?

We are surrounded by so much visual and emotional stimuli, so many shapes and shadows, that I want to look harder.

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