Trapped in the Darkness

Michael Freeman

2019

Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 in

It is an abstract piece done on canvas. Michael’s work is created with a technique called pour painting in which the artist mixes the colors in a cup beforehand, and instead of using a brush, pours the paint over the canvas. The canvas is in landscape orientation and entirely covered by paint. The paint envelopes the canvas in a rippling combination of white, light gray, dark gray, a coppery metallic and a shiny gold color. The colors ripple and meld together and oozing in different directions around the canvas. towards the bottom of the canvas. Appearing almost like marble, the white and gray commands most of the piece. However, this creates a stark contrast for the metallic copper and gold that move throughout the piece.