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The Picture of Dorian Gray Artwork

Michael Claren

United States

Mixed Media, Digital on Canvas

Size: 45 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890: Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral experiences, while staying young and beautiful; all the while his portrait ages and records every sin. I am mostly combining still photography (catching and keeping that special moment) with the possibilities of computer based techniques to create abstract digital paintings (very personal expressions of my inner feelings about different themes)

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Mixed Media:Digital on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:45 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in

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After an intense musical training (classical music, violin lessons) I devoted myself to modern music (jazz, pop, rock) in the mid-sixties. Since 1969 I worked as a professional singer and bass player both on stage and in the studio. During this time I was involved in the production of several records until 1980. In 1980 I incorporated a publishing house for books and records and later on studied book and magazine production at the College of Education and the Arts (Akademie für Bildung und Kunst) in Munich, Germany. In 1983 I became one of the founding members of the internationally well-established "Inklings Society for Literature and Aesthetics" together with the literary scholar and author Gisbert Kranz as well as with other renowned scientists. In 1985 I began producing films and videos, sold my publishing company and moved to Munich (1986). Since then I was involved in the production of hundreds of films in Europe and the United States. Between 1988 and 1998 I worked as an independent video and film producer in Munich, Germany. Between 1999 and 2016 I worked as a senior editor, creative director, and as an artist in Munich Germany, West Palm Beach and Stuart, Florida, USA. In 2006 another dream came true when I also began to increasingly deal with still photography. I immediately fell in love with it! After living many years in the USA I now also work as an artist, photographer, and as an editor in Munich, Germany again since June 2016.

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