This surreal painting features a striking visual composition with vibrant colors and distinct shapes. The central focus is a glass bottle floating on the turbulent sea, surrounded by various symbolic elements such as a fish, fruits, and a mysterious yellow object. The overall scene conveys a sense of dreamlike, underwater realm, with the artist employing a unique style that blends realism and abstraction. This captivating artwork invites the viewer to ponder the artist's intended message about the fragility of the natural world and our complex relationship with it. ...
Michael Hilsman makes non-literal paintings of objects and figures that explore the absurdity, magic, and latent spirituality of the physical world.
Utilizing formats associated with classical painting such as portraiture and still life, and employing a wide visual vocabulary ranging from naturalism to expressionism, Hilsman builds monumental paintings whose objects and figures are in a state of dissolution and fragmentation, often seeming to disattach from themselves and form anew, appearing both familiar and foreign.
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