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Michael Torra

Michael Torra
Michael Torra
2-D Visual
Washington, DC, USA
Home page:http://www.michaeltorra.com
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I’ve heard some people say that abstract and non-representational art is not accessible to those outside the cultural elite. They’re wrong of course.

You don’t have to be a member of any elite to appreciate harmony achieved in the balance between shapes or the combination of colors painted side-by-side.

In an urban world where hidden agendas, marketing, and propaganda bombard us, it’s easy to tune everything out and miss the beauty that surrounds us, whether it’s the sky above at twilight, drops of rain in a puddle, the patterns of brick sidewalks or a spinning bicycle wheel.

Breaking down the forms and colors that we too often take for granted, my art plays with these elements to compose an esthetic balance that brings us respite from an overly frenetic world.

Don’t feel pressure to see meaning in my art. Stand back and simply appreciate a curve for being a curve, and green for being green, and the interplay between these different shapes and colors. Then, when you least expect it, meaning just might come.

Updated Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:28pm
Urban Sunset #6 (full size)
Acrylic on canvas
36x24"
2009
Updated Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:23pm
Intersections V (full size)
Oil on canvas
30x40"
2009
Posted Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:15pm
Intersections VI (full size)
Oil on canvas
24x24"
2009
Updated Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:26pm
Intersections VII (full size)
Oil on canvas
24x24"
2009
Posted Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:12pm
Lines and Curves (full size)
Acrylic on canvas
12x24"
2009

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