Mikey Welsh is a local artist based out of Burlington Vermont. His work is getting more recognized and has done murals for several local companies in Burlington like JDK offices, Copley Consolidated offices, Frontside Foundations, and Maven. His paintings are different than most, he “never (uses) a brush and (prefers) to work only with his hands and fingers”. I found the work through the snowboard industry. Some of his art has been featured at local snowboard company Burton.
I was drawn to Welsh’s paintings because they are different than regular paintings. The lines and colors in the paintings move your eye though out the canvas. It is interesting how the lines are soft and the color does not stay in between the lines.
Out of Andersons four Quartet of Traditions I believe that Welsh’s pieces most resembles an emotionalist piece. This is clear because the emhpasis is on the artist emotion. The pieces are expressing different things. In the image above Welsh is describing different types of people or animal. Each character is unique and almost has there own personality.
Mikey’s work is absolutely art. He puts time, effort, talent, and creativity into his paintings. When he adds colors color in between lines to portray a message. I consider any painting that has time, creativity, and some sort of message can be art.
Thank you,
Links: http://www.mikeywelsh.com/
Zach, nice blog. I find his artwork a little odd, but I still appreciate the skill he puts into it. I always think it is fun to learn about people who are famous or somewhat famous and live around me. He is obviously a very talented person if he is both in a band and an artist. How did you learn about him?
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