Description
‘Endless Growth’ by Michael Koehler
Artist: Michael Koehler
Title: ‘Endless Growth’
Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 24″ x 18″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2020
About the Artwork:
“A great temple sits alone in a vast realm – taking, consuming, growing. It fills itself with the worlds exquisite inhabitants and expels the debris back into the wasteland that grows in tandem with this giant living contraption. Atop this temple sits a massive grinning bubble, comfortable and placated by the system of columns that have been created around it and the ever growing nature of its home. Is endless growth possible? Can the temple forever fill itself to the expanding brim with the inhabitants of its world? Or will it eventually become too heavy and bloated to support its own weight?” – Michael Koehler
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Michael Koehler was born at the stroke of midnight in the rust belt of Southwestern Pennsylvania. He’s 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 and stark black tones.