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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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am honored and excited to announce that I am one of the winners of this year’s Professional Artists Grant awarded by Creative Pinellas. I’m humbled that the group of creative peers selected as judges considered my work and my discipline strong and my life as a career artist worth affirming. I am looking forward working […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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.
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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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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) 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 […]
Please take a moment and read the article from Tampa Bay Times Online by Michele Miller, August 19, 2013 http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/visualarts/mixed-media-artist-brings-work-to-phcc-gallery-show/2137268
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 […]
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 […]
“China Town” was photographed in 2010 while wondering around Mott Street. A tea shop, sold tea out of these large yellow containters.
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 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 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 […]
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” 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” 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” 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 […]
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 […]
Annual non-juried members’ exhibition held in conjunction with a month-long series of events celebrating member-artists, including workshops, critiques, and works for sale. This years’ members show theme will encourage artists to try something new, to submit a work of art using unorthodox or unusual materials and media, or create a piece that reflects a remote […]
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”, photographic mixed media 40″ h x 20″w . Image for sale, framed $350.00 (click on image to view enlargement)
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 […]
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” 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.
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, 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 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 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 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 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 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
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, 2011, 30″h x 40″w x 1.5d, 2011, photo mixed media, digital photo images, acrylic and charcoal on canvas.
“The Muse and the 4 Shamisen Players”, 2013, 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.
Somewhere on SR 595 43”h x 17”w x 1.5”d Photo mixed media, digital photo images, multiple film transfer, Digital image on rice paper adhered to canvas, film transfer, acrylic, charcoal, pencil and poly-acrylic finish.
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.