Michael Pettit paintings

oil paintings by an established South African artist ..................................... dark , lyrical , witty , surreal ...

Michael Pettit : 'Dog in a box'
oil on canvas

55 x 65 cm

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CONTACT THE ARTIST : complex@telkomsa.net

AVAILABLE WORK can be viewed at Michael Pettit studio in Cape Town.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

MICHAEL PETTIT PAINTINGS: Cape Town, South Africa; MICHAEL PETTIT is a professional artist living in Cape Town, South Africa. He has exhibited widely over many years, and has received extensive recognition . Numerous public, university, corporate, and also private collections worldwide, feature his distinctive pictures . His academic background provides an intellectual backbone to paintings that are visually intelligent and rich in cultural references . A wide technical and stylistic range supports Pettit's ambitiously broad range of content and imagery . Viewing the span of his work it can be seen that there is a continual balancing of opposites : dark / light , male / female , order / chaos . The diversity of his work is part of its total meaning . In his stride and immersed in his subject, Pettit is continually exploring new terrain . As time goes on core themes are deepened, while recurring images motifs signs and symbols are transformed and renewed with each new painting . These recurring elements reverberate between pictures and integrate a complex body of work . Pettit's work is enriched by paradox . It evades neat categorization . He aims to integrate sensation feeling and concept in rounded works of art.

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