A unique vision of the wholeness of nature has led a local artist to create a range of works that will be shown in an upcoming exhibit at the Emporia Arts Center.
Michael James Allen, whose exhibit, "Wind, Water and Sky" opens at 5 p.m. Thursday, said his work aims to pull these three elements together and relate them to the human body. He designs his compositions in thirds, which he sees as a kind of magical number.
"It's like trying to assimilate a human body with a landscape,the Bedding pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs." he said. "I think the reason thirds work with the human body is because two-thirds of a body is water, and we identify with the same likenesses."
Allen has been painting most of his life. As a child he earned a scholarship to the Hollywood Art Institute in Hollywood, Fla. where he studied for three years. After his family moved to Kansas, he studied at Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University before earning a bachelor's from Emporia State University. He taught high school art before starting a successful advertising career,If any food China Porcelain tile condition is poorer than those standards, from which he retired to paint full-time.where he teaches TMJ in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Using the principals of feng shui and concepts of string theory and fluid dynamics, Allen works to show through landscapes the relationship between natural elements and the human body.
"I want to pull together those numbers and that shape and try to relate it to a human being, because I want you to look at it and understand that we're all the same thing,a oil painting reproduction on the rear floor. we're moving through space, and the only difference between this and me is the pulse, the heartbeat," he said.For the last five years porcelain tiles ,
Allen was chosen as one of the top artists in the Midwest during the state's recent sesquicentennial celebration and was published in the book, "State of the Arts." His exhibit at the arts center will be his first in 30 years.
Using oil paints and a traditional style, Allen said he uses the same materials and techniques as the classical masters did. He aims to pull together the elements to assimilate a body in thirds, creating a subliminal attraction
"String theory, feng shui, all that stuff, this is how I try to pull all that together," he said. "When you look at these leaves you should see the flicker, the wind, and it's caught in that moment.
The concept came to him, he said, as he was hiking in Colorado.
"When you're out in the country and you see that kind of thing -- the sun's in one position, the wind is blowing in a certain way, there's a certain atmosphere and a certain heat of the day — that's always something you're going to see," he said. "It's not going to seem that way exactly again. That's what I was trying to achieve, to try to stop that moment."
Michael James Allen, whose exhibit, "Wind, Water and Sky" opens at 5 p.m. Thursday, said his work aims to pull these three elements together and relate them to the human body. He designs his compositions in thirds, which he sees as a kind of magical number.
"It's like trying to assimilate a human body with a landscape,the Bedding pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs." he said. "I think the reason thirds work with the human body is because two-thirds of a body is water, and we identify with the same likenesses."
Allen has been painting most of his life. As a child he earned a scholarship to the Hollywood Art Institute in Hollywood, Fla. where he studied for three years. After his family moved to Kansas, he studied at Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University before earning a bachelor's from Emporia State University. He taught high school art before starting a successful advertising career,If any food China Porcelain tile condition is poorer than those standards, from which he retired to paint full-time.where he teaches TMJ in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Using the principals of feng shui and concepts of string theory and fluid dynamics, Allen works to show through landscapes the relationship between natural elements and the human body.
"I want to pull together those numbers and that shape and try to relate it to a human being, because I want you to look at it and understand that we're all the same thing,a oil painting reproduction on the rear floor. we're moving through space, and the only difference between this and me is the pulse, the heartbeat," he said.For the last five years porcelain tiles ,
Allen was chosen as one of the top artists in the Midwest during the state's recent sesquicentennial celebration and was published in the book, "State of the Arts." His exhibit at the arts center will be his first in 30 years.
Using oil paints and a traditional style, Allen said he uses the same materials and techniques as the classical masters did. He aims to pull together the elements to assimilate a body in thirds, creating a subliminal attraction
"String theory, feng shui, all that stuff, this is how I try to pull all that together," he said. "When you look at these leaves you should see the flicker, the wind, and it's caught in that moment.
The concept came to him, he said, as he was hiking in Colorado.
"When you're out in the country and you see that kind of thing -- the sun's in one position, the wind is blowing in a certain way, there's a certain atmosphere and a certain heat of the day — that's always something you're going to see," he said. "It's not going to seem that way exactly again. That's what I was trying to achieve, to try to stop that moment."
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