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Michael Chearney
323-334-5820
To view the artist at work, click on these links:
http://www.chearneygallery.com/video/Freedom_of_Expression.mp4
http://www.chearneygallery.com/video/Creative_Freedom.mp4
Michael Chearney is known for his passionate works, filled with color and explosive textures. His acrylics seem to leap from the canvas, as if their own life energy could not be contained. “Art for me is a living thing…a moment, a feeling, an experience, captured and preserved forever in the texture and color of wonderfully sexy malleable acrylic paint. I watch the great moments of my life surface from the subconscious and appear on the canvas more direct, more complex, more fascinating and revealing than I could ever imagine.”
Michael Chearney’s works are known for their sophisticated color balance and almost sculptural 3-dimensional quality. They reflect a naked primal authenticity, a spontaneous expression and a search for truth. “I have never been more certain that there exists an energy, a muse, a creative force beyond myself. The paintings seem to just flow thru me. They have their own energy; the paint is alive; the canvas is alive; the whole studio is alive with positive, chilling energy, and I feel so grateful to be plugged into the current.”
Chearney has been painting since he was 3 years old. Back then his grandparents would hand him coloring books and encouraged him to paint grass blue, sky green and people any color whatsoever. Most importantly they told him that it was perfectly OK to draw outside the lines. This freedom ‘to see outside the box’ is reflected widely in his paintings.
“I stare at all the paint covering my studio walls. The splashes, flicks, dots and traces of colors that are the accumulative effect of having painted so many canvases within that space are witness to so many combined experiences. Those walls are a glimpse into my soul. A song will come to me, a song I will paint to. I must paint to. I put it on, press the repeat button, and it plays over and over until I’m done. I am lost in the studio, in the paint and the music. When I am finished I am covered in paint….and I hate to wash it off!
“The Chearney Studio Gallery” was established in 2005 and is located in West Hollywood. A celebration to mark it’s 4th anniversary in 2009 will be held by presenting a show entitled The Sand People; paintings ‘sculpted on canvas’ with acrylics, sand, gel and organic materials. Michael Chearney has an ongoing show at the DSI Gallery at 653 N. Robertson featuring acrylic canvases painted with long stem roses as brushes. In this tribute to his favorite impressionists, the artist has preserved and embedded the rose brushes into the canvas.
EXHIBITIONS
(SOLO)
2009 The Creative Spirit, Digital Sandbox Gallery, New York
2009 Free Thinker, The Gallery, Dallas TX
2008 The Rose Dip Series- The Chearney Studio Gallery Los Angeles CA
2008 The Flower Show, DSI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Freedom of Expression, The Chearney Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Art of Entertainment, The DSI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Deep Connections – West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, West Hollywood,CA
2006 Raw Emotion, Chearney Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Creative Freedom, DSI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Naked Passion, Chearney Studio Gallery, Los Angeles,CA
(GROUP)
2008 Discover, Artfutura, Chicago Cultural Center
2005 Lifescapes, Pacific design Center, West Hollywood
2005 Artla, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Sta. Monica, CA
COMMISSIONS & AWARDS
2008 Raw Emotion, Cover Art, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Directory
2006 Above and Beyond, Permanent Installation, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
2006 American Dog Art Competition, Finalist, New York, NY
2005 American Dog Competition, Finalist, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Herbert, Simon. “Profile,” Art Ltd., November Edition
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* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist