Description
‘Mixed Signals’ by Michael Koehler
Artist: Michael Koehler
Title: ‘Mixed Signals’
Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 12″ x 12″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2021
About the Artwork:
“A message can be lost in an instant or simply never sent in the first place. Like a single wire hanging in the vast space held between two beings, it waits for connection. The signal darts along, contorting itself into a tangle of knots. It wriggles and twists until the message it carries, precious or mundane, becomes distorted or disconnected. When we find that we are unable to communicate what need to say, we may feel lost or disconnected from those around us, like all of the wires have somehow become entwined. It’s almost as if they are intricately weaved through our inner landscape, twisting the lines into a staged discourse with the conjured beings of our mind. How did we let the wires get so knotted? And how can we untangle them?” – Michael Koehler
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Michael Koehler was born in the rust belt of Southwestern Pennsylvania and has since relocated to the Puget Sound area of the Pacific Northwest. Though graduating with a degree in graphic design, Koehler eventually found painting to be his medium of choice, being particularly drawn to acrylic and gouache. Within his work he sets to portray the curiosities and absurdities of our shared reality, the beauty and implicit danger of the wild unknown, and a connection we all embrace and neglect. A common theme found in his work is the struggle, manipulation, and coexistence born between humans, nature, and technology. These concepts are illustrated through his use of vibrant color contrasted by stark black tones.