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Walking Through a Daydream

Michael Willett

Walking Through a Daydream is a collection of abstract mixed-media paintings, created from an often indistinguishable combination of collage, acrylic, and drawing media. Influenced by the collaging techniques of contemporary sample-based musicians, reproductions of other artists' works are dissected and reconfigured into repetitive patterns and alternating rhythms. Fragmentation, intricate layering, and atmospheric qualities produce ambiguous environments that rest between landscape and pure abstraction. These highly detailed compositions create meditative spaces for reflection on the balance of chaos and order of human existence. Joy and heartbreak, confusion and clarity, define these playful, yet organized arrangements. Symbols of flowers, skulls, and trees, entangled with abstract marks and geometric structures, suggest places for contemplation of self, life cycles, and the divine.

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