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​Michael Southern

Michael Southern is a Northwest painter and printmaker. Much of his work is about finding our place within the natural world. He is drawn to landscape and the human experience of place. More recently he has introduced the hitherto unseen figure to the landscape, giving them physical presence. Renaissance and Baroque allegory painting has informed his approach, and there is a very definite neoclassical feel about his work. 

“The old mythological and religious paintings of the Renaissance and Baroque are a huge inspiration for my latest figurative work.  Much of the imagery made during this historical era in the Western world possesses an optimism about humanity that feels lost in the current day.  In addition to the usual suspects of Western mythology and religion, I am referencing the mythology and storytelling of indigenous cultures.  So many of these current and past civilizations have the earth and nature itself as the centerpiece of human creation and spiritual rebirth.  These new allegorical images are not without an agenda.  They are offering a way forward and through our current stasis.  The characters depicted in this body of work are stage actors in a new mythology.”

As the paintings have evolved the figures have become more prominent within their environment and the narrative traveling a more specific path. He explores the primacy of feminine power, spiritual and corporal identity and ritual adornment. He is aware of issues surrounding the male gaze in contemporary art. His standpoint is to bear witness rather than placing his female protagonists into the role of artist’s muse. The most recent works have been distilled down to a single dominant figure as the largest part of the composition.  

The Eel Hunter

$2,400.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 36 x 22 inches, 2017

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Take What You Can Carry II

$2,600.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 41 x 23 inches, 2017.

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Nest

$2,900.00

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Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on linen on panel, 45 x 28 inches, 2018

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Landscape Study I

$150.00

Painting By Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 4.4 x 5 inches, 6.5 x 7 inches frames

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Landscape Study II

$150.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 4.5 x 5 inches, 6.5 x 7 inches framed

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Figures in Landscape I

$400.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 6 x 12 inches, 7.5 x 13.75 inches framed

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Anomoly IV

$400.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 10 x 13 inches

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Anomaly III

$400.00

Painting By Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 9.5 x 14.5 inches, 10.5 x 15.5 inches framed

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Anomaly II

$400.00

Painting by Michael Southern. Oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

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Anomaly I

$350.00

Painting By Michael Southern. oil on panel, 10 x 7 inches framed

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Enter the Dragonfly, My Favorite Bee Movie

$70.00

Unframed etching by Michael Southern. edition of 150, 60/150 available. Plate 3.5 x 5 inches, paper 7.5 x 10 inches

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Rhino

$70.00

Unframed etching by Michael Southern. Edition of 200, 4/200 available. Plate 3.5 x 6.5 inches, paper 7 x 10 inches

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Weevil Twins

$70.00

Unframed etching by Michael Southern. Edition of 200, 30/200 available. Plate 3 x 5.75 inches, paper 5 x 9 inches

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Hummingbird I

$70.00

unframed etching by Michael Southern. Edition of 200, 39/200 available. Plate 2.75 x 4 inches, paper 6 x 8 inches

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False Modesty

$70.00

Unframed etching by Michael Southern. Edition of 200, 8/200 available. Plate 5 x 4.5 inches, paper 7.5 x 7.5 inches

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Mantis

$70.00

Unframed etching by Michael Southern. Edition of 200, 21/200 available. Plate 6 x 4.75 inches, paper 10 x 7 inches

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    • Mark Andres
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    • Lyell Castonguay
    • Molly Cliff Hilts
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    • Keith Schneider
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    • Michael Southern
    • Sara Swink
    • John Taylor
    • Maggie Taylor
    • Randy Van Dyck
    • Alisa Vernon
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    • Millie Whipplesmith Plank
    • Whistle Post Pottery: Dave Parry
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