Woman in Garden with Hands Crossed
1998 Paint Stick

Micahel Carey

This 1998 paint stick and mixed media on rag paper scene is by Michael Carey (1948-2017). Michael John Carey, was a Bay Area sculptor, painter and musician who lived and worked in Berkeley, California from 1978 through 2017. Like fellow Bay Area artists, William T. Wiley, Roy De Forest and Joan Brown, Michael Carey developed a recognizable “personal mythology” of recurring symbols, motifs and materials that conveyed his sense of cosmic truth. These symbols consistently populate his sculpture, painting and works on paper. Carey said, “I had the idea to try to create work that was free of traditional references to modernism—to attempt a visual vocabulary that could be universal. Animal imagery is probably the most elemental imagery in art, going back to the beginning of modern man. Working with that imagery felt right.” Born September 15, 1948 in Alhambra, California, Michael grew up in Claremont and La Verne, California. In 1976 he received a BA in Sculpture from California State University, Sacramento and in 1978 an MFA in Sculpture from East Texas State University, Commerce. 

1998 
Paint Stick & Mixed Media on Rag Paper 
42"x71.5" framed 

Excellent vintage condition. Framed by the artist in a wide faced wood frame.