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APPLYING FOR GRANTS: CREATING A REALISTIC BUDGET

APPLYING FOR GRANTS: CREATING A REALISTIC BUDGET By Alex Teplitzky   |   July 19, 2018 Reposted from Creative-Capital.com Many organizations require a project budget as part of their grant applications, but creating one is easier said than done. We know that accounting for the unknown can be a daunting task, but there are ways […]

My Studios, Past and Present

My Studios, Past and Present Personally, I love to look at pictures of different artist studios. I’ve had many studio over the years.  In college, I built a photo studio that would fit in a bathroom.  There was a frame over the tub with a plywood tub the size of a standard tube with two […]

Video Ain’t That Hard

Video Ain’t That Hard Shooting at Ringling Museum 1978 I like to create short portfolio videos.  Slideshows of work, short videos of producing work.  I’ve tried a number of different approaches.  Creating a video on my smart phone, then posting to Instagram.  That’s always fun and a way to get my work viewed quickly.  Audiences […]

Past Images Have Achieved New Identities

My good friend and collector, John Southern, wrote in a reference letter “His current blend of new and old subject matter is part of what makes Michael’s work so compelling. Figures, symbols, and contexts have shown up repeatedly over the years, but in his contemporary work, have achieved new identities and meanings in their compositional […]

Deepwater Horizon aka Dead Water Horizon, Lest We Forget

Today, April 20th marks the 8th anniversary of the BP operated Deep Water Horizon oil rig disaster.  At approximately 9:45 pm CDT, “high-pressure methane gas from the well expanded into the drilling riser and rose into the drilling rig, where it ignited and exploded, engulfing the platform.”[1][2]   For 4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days, releasing 4.9 million barrels […]

Three photo mixed media pieces accepted into the 2017 Songzhuang International Photo Biennale

Three photo mixed media pieces of mine; Qadesh’s Captive Heart, Mona 57 and Degradated Shadows as accepted into the 2017 Songzhuang International Photo Biennale. 2017 Songzhuang International Photo Biennale (Songzhuang Photo) is a major part of the 10th Annual Songzhuang Art Festival. It will be held in the Czech China Contemporary Museum on September 29 […]

Photos of the Week

Each week I offer 5 original photographs or photo montage prints.  Add to you collection, brighten you house or office.  Priced ready to hang.  13 x 19 digital photograph or photo montage, printed on archival paper with Epson UltraChrome K3 pigment ink. 22 x 28 bright white 2 ply archival mat board. Frame in a […]

Memories Salt Creek Studio

It was in August of 2012 that Salt Creek Studio closed.  If I recall, there were about 30 really talented artist that occupied studios throughout the Salt Creek Artworks building.  Not to mention the almost 3,000 sq ft of gallery space, it was cleared out and eventually bulldozed to the ground to make way for […]

Intersection

Intersection 40”h x 30”w x 1.5”d Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Charcoal, paint, denatured alcohol and photo film transfer onto 1/8” plexiglass.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

11 Geishas

Digital Photo Montage Each print is signed and dated. Printed on Hahnemuhledouble weight matte or Epson double matte archival paper. Printed using EpsonUltraChrome K3 archival pigment ink. Shipped worldwide from the United States. $18 domestic, overseas shipping costs quoted separately 13 x 19  – $125 (11.5 x 17.5 image size if margin is desired) 17 […]

Pleasure-Pain

37.5”h x 25.5”w x 2”d Completed 2016 Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Charcoal, paint, denatured alcohol and digital photo film transfer.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.

Qadesh’s Captive Heart

38”h x 26”w x 2”d (framed) Completed 2016 Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Acrylic paint, charcoal.  Digital photo film transfer on 1/8” plexiglass.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

In Thought

37.5”h x 25.5”w x 2”d Completed 2016 Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Charcoal, paint, denatured alcohol and digital photo film transfer.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.    

Migration

37.5”h x 25.5”w x 2”d Completed 2016 Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Charcoal, paint, denatured alcohol and digital photo film transfer.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.    

Sunset

11″h  x  25″w x 1”d (framed: bleached ash) Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Acrylic paint, charcoal.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

Serinity of a Fall Morning

24″h  x  18″w x 1”d  (framed: bleached ash) Completed 2015 Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Acrylic paint, charcoal.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

Prowl I

Prowl I 60″h x 48″w x 1.5″d Mixed Media Photography, 1×2 inch pine frame with highest quality 1/8 inch finished plywood. Surface is prepared with gesso and texture. Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish and clear encaustic wax.  

Joy

Joy 60″h x 48″w x 1.5″w Mixed Media Photography, 1×2 inch pine frame with highest quality 1/8 inch finished plywood. Surface is prepared with gesso and texture. Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish and clear encaustic wax.  

Joy (24 x 24)

Joy (24 x 24) 24″h x 24″w x 2″d Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats. Charcoal, paint and denatured alcohol. Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

Waiting For Takeout At The French Vietnamese Bakery

Waiting For Takeout from the Parisian Vietnamese Bakery 17″h x 30″w x 1.25″d (wood framed white bleached ash) Completed 2015 Photo Mixed Media. Original photographic montage. Print adhered to birch ply board, paint, charcoal, silver leaf with final coat of encaustic. Framed in a beautiful bleached ash wood frame. SOLD    

Confliction of St Peter

Confliction of St Peter 40”h x 30”w x 1.5”d Photo Mixed Media: original photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Charcoal, paint, denatured alcohol and photo film transfer onto 1/8” plexiglass.  Final finish coat of brushed and fused encaustic.  

Palm

Palm 40″H x 30″W Photo Mixed Media on Canvas: original photography by M Conway, paint, airbrush, charcoal, marker, final coat of brushed hot wax.

Lilith In Flight

Lilith In Flight 30″H x 40″W Photo Mixed Media on Canvas: original photography by M Conway, paint, airbrush, charcoal, marker, photo film transfer on acrylic plexiglas, final coat of brushed hot wax.

Fine Art Photography Prints, Signed, For Sale

I offer all of my fine art photography for sale, printed by me in my studio and not at a commercial photo printing lab. All prints range in size from 17″ to 25″ and up depending on the aspect ratio of the photograph.  Each print print is borderless unless requested then a 1/2″ white border […]

The Lie of her Gaze

The Lie of her Gaze is a collaboration with Darren Beistle for a show title Collab.  The idea behind the show was to bring together artists from different disciplines and see what results.  Darren is primarily a sculptor, I am primarily a photographer.  Our resulting piece was a large abstract human head with a photograph […]

‘Beyond the Proof Sheet’ selected works by Michael Conway on exhibit at the Rao Musunuru Gallery, Pasco-Hernando Community College

Beyond The Proof Sheet Selected Works By Michael Conway August 22 – September 26, 2013 at the Rao Musunuru, M.D. Art Gallery Michael Conway uses photography as a vehicle to explore the after-effect of an image by following a progression from the original photographic image to the finished painting. Whether it’s a negative on a […]

Exhibition of Current Work by Michael Conway at Pasco Hernando Community College

Beyond The Proof Sheet Selected Works By Michael Conway August 22 – September 26, 2013 at the Rao Musunuru, M.D. Art Gallery You are invited to attend the opening reception, sponsored by PHCC Student Activities, on Thursday, August 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. Michael Conway uses photography as a vehicle to explore the after-effect […]

‘Degradated Shadows’ quadtych Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Although each image can be purchased separately, Degradated Shadows is a tetraptych.  The series follows the seasons:  spring, summer, fall and winter.  Each piece is 48″ h x 60″w.  They are of a photograph taken in the fall of 2010.  The piece has been on display as one continuous piece 4’ x 20’.  Spring has […]

Degradated Shadows One Person Show at Salt Creek Artworks

Degradated Shadows was a one person show at Salt Creek Artworks with a preview and reception on February 19, 2011.  It is my most recent body of work and consisted of 12 mixed media pieces. Artist Statement Street art catches my attention.  Stenciled, painted, pasted.  What catches my attention even more is how it looks […]

Degradated Shadows… Summer

Degradated Shadows…Summer is the first of a series of 4 images.  The first work being completed is summer.  The series will follow the seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter.  Each piece is 48″ h x 60″w.  They are of a photograph taken in the fall of 2010. The surface the images is adhered to is […]

Studio Shoot with Coe Arthur Younger

  Coe Arthur Younger (www.coearthuryoungerphotography.com)  and I finished lunch with Bob Barancik (www.bobcreates.com) and headed over to my studio at Salt Creek ARtworks to pick up some things and shoot some portraits that I would use in some media materials.  Coe started walking around shooting the studio with using his wide angle lens.  We then […]

Free Fall Audio

“Free Fall” Photographic Mixed Media – 60″h x 48″w.  Original shot in 1980 using a Yashika twin lens reflix, 2.25 220 film. Click on thumbnail to view enlargement.

Dead Water Horizon

“Dead Water Horizon” 48″h x 72″w  Mixed Media Photography.  I took this photograph around 1978 while living on Siesta Key, Florida.  It was shot on an overcast day facing west out onto the Gulf.  I was shooting all these gulls with tri-x with the intention developing the film using dectol which is actually a print […]

Sunset Blvd East of Hollywood

“Sunset Blvd East of Hollywood” is a mixed media photography piece.  Size 48″h x 72″w.  The image is an original photograph taken on Sunset Blvd in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.  High density gator board mounted on frame.  The surface is prepared with 2 coats of gesso.  The image is torn in numerous […]

Joy

Taken around 1972, this photo was shot with tri-x film outside my little bungalow in Gulfport, Florida. My friend went out and grabbed a chair and stick and started knocking off fresh oranges for an afternoon drink. Mixed Media Photography, 48″w x 60″h. Scanned 35mm film printed on paper, torn and applied to gesso coated […]

Salt Creek Studio

I’ve moved into my studio at Salt Creek, a jump from the 500 sqft I was leasing to the 2,200 sqft.  The space provides room to do studio shooting, an area exclusively for painting and mixed media work, a digital design area with a two monitor computer system and a small gallery to meet and […]

Testament

“Testament”, photographic mixed media 40″ h x 20″w .  Image for sale, framed $350.00 (click on image to view enlargement)

Final Turn Audio

I took many photos of this spot back in the 70’s.  As I would leave Sarasota to head to Fort Pierce, I would drive north on HWY 301 then east on, well I think it was HWY 70.  About a mile out of town, the road dead ended at the old gated entrance to the […]

Two New Mixed Media Pieces at MQC Fine Art Gallery

Photo mixed media “Bug Eye Gazing” 60″w x 72″h Photo mixed media “1973” 60″w x 72″h Photo mixed media “Bug Eye Gazing” 60″w x 72″h I presented two new mixed media pieces during Saint Petersburg’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk at the MQC Fine Art Gallery located in the Crislip Arcade, 624 Central Avenue.  My recent […]

Salome Conflicted audio

“Salome Conflicted”  Mixed Media Photography 54″h x 35″w.  Mixed media piece based on a photograph i took in 1978 in my studio on Siesta Key, Florida.  A combination of digital printed photographs, torn into 7″x9″ rectangles applied to the canvas and then different techniques of applying acrylic.

The Awakening of Lazarus

Lazarus was awakened from the dead.  This mixed media takes a number of image relating to death and resurrection.  the primary image, a person whose face is painted in a traditional death mask.  The photo images at the bottom right corner of the painting are from store windows in a Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles […]

Alberto Del Alucinacion, the Gazer

Alberto Del Alucinacion, the Gazer, 72 x 60w x 2d, 2012, Mixed Media Photography,1×2 pine frame with 1/2 gator board.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish.   Not Available

1978

 1978 72″h x 60″w x 2″d Mixed Media Photography,1×2 pine frame with 1/8 birch plywood.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish.  This piece is not stretched by loose canvas.  There is adequate margin […]

Salome Conflicted

Salome Conflicted 62″h x 38″w x 2″d Mixed Media Photography,1×2 pine frame with 1/8 birch plywood.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish

Raising of Lazarus

Raising of Lazarus 36″h x 36″w x 2″d Mixed Media Photography, 1×2 pine frame with 1/8 birch plywood.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish

Lavinia Forgotten

Lavinia Forgotten 72 x 60w x 2d Mixed Media Photography,1×2 pine frame with 1/8 birch plywood.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish.

Intermezzo Between 77th and 86th

Intermezzo Between 77th and 86th 48″h x 24″w x 2″d Mixed Media Photography, 1×2 pine frame with 1/8 birch plywood.  Surface is prepared with gesso and texture.  Image adhered to surface with gel medium and then worked with paint, airbrush, charcoal, additional texture and finished with acrylic varnish and clear encaustic wax

Free Fall

60″h x 48″w x 2d Photo Mixed Media: original 2.25 x 2.25 film photograph by Michael Conway, mounted on birch substrate with gesso coats.  Film negative scanned and digitally printed.  Charcoal, acrylic paint, denatured alcohol and various textures.  Final finished with multiple coats of acrylic varnish.  

Final Turn

Final Turn, 2011, 30″h x 40″w x 1.5d, 2011, photo mixed media, digital photo images, acrylic and charcoal on canvas.    

Memory of Sushmita

Memory of Sushmita 30″h x 40″w x 1.5″d Photo Mixed Media, digital photo images, multiple film transfer, rice paper, acrylic and charcoal on canvas.