Posts tagged "Michael Shapcott"

Prisma Artist Collective

Back in October 2011, a small group of artists had the idea to create a collective online. The internet is a great place to get your work out there, but I have often heard from artists that a place to swap ideas, share stories, converse, and even help each other out is lacking. So this group of artists started the Prisma Collective, and now there is already over 25 active members: Mary Jane Ansell, Tom Bagshaw, Lindsay Carr, Hsiao-Ron Cheng, Leontine Greenberg, Nicole Gustafsson, Caitlin Hackett, Daria Hlazatova, Ruben Ireland (shown), Sarah Joncas, Nom Kinnear King, Alex Louisa, Rod Luff, Kit Lane, Jen Mann, Kelly McKernan, Lady Orlando, Lily Piri, Audrey Pongracz, Michael Shapcott, Kaspian Shore, Allison Sommers, Kelly Vivanco, Casey Weldon, and Bec Winnel. The site is very well laid out, easy to navigate and is ready to go with the content. Each artists has their own profile and gallery, a shop section filled with prints and originals, and a list of interviews with the artists that will be published soon.

Check it out: Prisma Collective

Study No 2 – “Pele” by Michael Shapcott

Continuing his study series and revisiting some old works, Michael Shapcott has just released a new drawing, this one is based on his painting “Pele”. The drawing is 10″ x 12″, graphite on bristol. I love the fact that even with graphite he is able to achieve similar dripping, staining, and brush marks that the original painting had. I can’t wait to see what painting he will pick next for this series.

Take a look: Michael Shapcott Blog

“Reverie” print by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott has just released a new print available on Society6. “Reverie” (State of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie. ) comes in three sizes and is printed on 100% cotton rag paper. The prints also have a 1″ border to help with faming.

Check it out here: Michael Shapcott @ Society6

“The Girl and the Owl” study by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is revisiting some old work and creating a series of drawings based on those works. This process is Michael saying goodbye to previous works, and allows fans to see a different take on some of their favorite works. The first study up is “The Girl and the Owl”, which is 10″ x 12″, graphite on bristol board. Head over to Michael’s site to keep up with new releases in this series, and take a look at all recent work.

Michael Shapcott Blog

“Gage and Church: The Undead” by Michael Shapcott

I’m always happy to see new work by Michael Shapcott, but honestly never thought he would make something so creepy. “Gage and Church: The Undead” was made for the Totally Terror group art show that took place at the Madison Art Cinemas in Madison, CT. Pet Semetary was one of those movies that freaked me out, simply for the character of Gage, and Michael has captured that weird little kid so well in this painting. You can almost here him saying “No fair, no fair”.

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott Weekend Sale

Michael Shapcott is trying to clear out some studio space, so he is having a weekend sale. This is a great opportunity to score some older work from Michael at discounted prices. There is a good choice of mixed media works, and a couple drawings as well. Everything is first come first served, so if you see something you like make sure to contact Michael immediately.

Check it out: Michael Shapcott Weekend Sale



New works by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott has been super busy lately, and with this poor economy thats a good thing. He found some time to show some of the latest drawings he has created over on his new snazzy website. Michael’s pencil work has always been a part of his paintings, but being able to see just drawings with no added color is very cool. He is deciding on whether or not to turn these into paintings, I hope he does.

Check out his site here: Michael Shapcott Blog



Michael Shapcott Launches new website

Michael Shapcott has just redesigned his homepage, and it looks great. Michael’s previous homepage was flash based, whereas this new one is all html (or wordpress to be specific). The site is very easy to maneuver around in, and the gallery looks amazing. From what it says there will be some contests soon, in which fans can win some original art from Michael. Head on over, check out the new site, and keep your eye open for those contests.

Michael-Shapcott.com

Art of the Day: “Onawa” by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is in the process of making a new website, and in the meantime has been making some very exciting paintings. The latest paintings have been smaller than most of his work has, and has this perfect blend of materials and textures. One of the latest paintings is “Onawa”, which is the first of a new series and is 8.5″ x 11″ Graphite, Acrylic, and Oil on Illustration Board. I really like this new direction Michael is going and look forward to more works. “Onawa” is available for sale over at Michael’s Etsy Shop, and he even made a new painting video that shows how “Onawa” was made. Check it out: Painting a Painting with Michael Shapcott No. 5

onawa_michaelshapcott

“June” painting by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott has added a new painting to his Etsy shop. The painting is entitled “June” and is 12″ x 16″, graphite and oil on canvas. The past few paintings he has posted have been about this size, and are very energetic, with the textures in each one as well as the colors used.

Head on over and take a look Michael Shapcott @ Etsy

june_michaelshapcott

Original paintings @ Etsy by Michael Shapcott

Just in the past few days I posted a new painting that Michael Shapcott released, well he also just updated his Etsy site with some older work at lowered prices so that he can make room. Some of the paintings are pretty big, like 43″ x 63″ and smaller ones like “Firefly” (shown) at 12″ x 16″.

Head on over and see all the paintings listed: Michael Shapcott @ Etsy

firefly_michaelshapcott

Art of the Day: “Pele” by Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott has been busy in the past few weeks, but he did find some time to make a new painting. “Pele” os 12″ x 16″ graphite and oil on canvas. If you saw the piece that he had in the “This is the End” show entitled “Seaweed”, you might see some of the same feel that he had in that painting but he has taken it to a new level. The colors in this new one, the expression and the eyes are so dynamic. I can only imagine how amazing this painting looks like in person. I really hope he keeps going to make a series of works like this.

This piece is now sold, but check out the rest of Michael’s work:
Michael-Shapcott.com

pele_michaelshapcott