Mike Stilkey
Artist Biography:
Los Angeles native Mike Stilkey has always been attracted to painting and drawing not only on vintage paper, record covers and book pages, but on the books themselves. Using a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer, Stilkey depicts a melancholic and at times a whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales. A lingering sense of loss and longing hints at emotional depth and draws the viewer into their introspective thrall with a mixture of capricious poetry, wit, and mystery. His work is reminiscent of Weimar-era German expressionism.
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Friends Far and Near -
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Some Love a Stranger -
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A Love Eternal -
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Agreeing to Disagree -
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All Were Meant to… -
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An Obvious Suspect -
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Enemy in the House -
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How Lovely -
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It's Endless -
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Lying Woman -
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Mutual Admiration -
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Serenade -
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Six Ways to get… -
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The Chandelier -
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The Every Thought of… -
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The Pipe -
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The Wrong End of… -
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Twelve Months of Drama… -
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Unheard Of -
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Until It's my Turn -
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Untitled Nude -
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Words Fail Me