Michael De Large

Michael De Large
Manchester. 1987. Painter

My primary concern in art is visual form. I set out with an idea that comes from life experiences, thoughts, failures, and contradictions, pursuing the human condition. This body of work influences the feeling of the viewer.

2015-2017
These pieces are based on conceptual characters that give the viewers a look at themselves, having inner struggles of contemporary emotional issues, from a perspective of a working-class background. The disintegration of culture that is lost being from another country has been a concern in this work. The leading problem is associated with a loss of tradition and a link to destroying socializing due to technology and social media. These paintings are what the viewer can relate to, as they have a similar emotional background.
The ideas are presented through portraits of a character with an interesting emotional look, pose, or background painted traditionally.

2017- Present.
The later works have developed into movement captured on the canvas as a soul leaves a trail of paint. These are sort of dreamlike states that question beauty and vanity.

My paintings have been sold to clients, from all over the world including the USA, Canada, China, Australia, and Euro...

University of Central Lancashire.
- BA Animation.

Tameside College.
-ND Graphic Design.
-Art and Design.

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Manchester-based oil painter Michael De Large creates surreal portraits.