Michael H. Zack

126 Placid Avenue
Stratford, CT 06615
(203)377-5007
michael@michaelhzack.com

Artist’s Statement:

My content is driven by memory, accumulated reference materials and my own interaction with the paints and inks. I am not interested as the 18th century Henry Fuseli said “in the mere delineation of fact” – I do not pursue the reproduction of landscape as a plein air painter, but rather; I design the constituents with a priority upon the essential unity of the artwork and its ability to cohere as a single entity. Among the other constituents, I am moved by atmosphere, light, the effects of gesture, and color. I will control the color with limited palettes to maximize tonal and value effects. But, my affection for color has me trying varieties of palettes among different pieces. My use of oil inks and oil paints affects my color usage. I enjoy the range of texture, viscosity, and the malleability of oil paints, especially their receptivity to blending and shading. In further consideration of pictorial content, I consider the design components such as the trees, not simply as observed natural matter, but as synonyms for dancers moving across a stage.

Background:

The artist studied painting and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and at the Silvermine Guild Art School. His work has been shown at the Silvermine Guild Galleries in New Canaan, CT, the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Spectrum, Left of the Bank Gallery in Old Greenwich, The Gallery of Contemporary Art at SHU, The Faber Birren Color Show in Stamford, CT, The Canal Gallery in Holyoke MA, the Southern Vermont Arts Center, the Fuller Hall Gallery at the New Hampshire Institute of the Arts, the Ridgefield Guild, the Westport Arts Center, the Connecticut Artists Show, DuSoleil, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Discovery Museum, the Attleboro Museum, the Katonah Museum of Art, and the Community Gallery of the Brooklyn Museum among others.

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