George Middleton Paintings
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PO Box 626 Carlisle, MA 01741
George Middleton is a Boston, Massachusetts-based figurative painter inspired primarily by an ecstatic, visionary experience of nature, where the landscape and the figure represent a portal to a hidden world of fundamental energy, chaos, and control.
A major theme in his work is the narrative of the figure engaged in a ritualized or ceremonial interaction with the environment. The landscape and it's denizens serve as the stage setting and props for an age-old drama: the quest for extra-ordinary perception and illumination.
In this classic engagement, the boundaries and fabric of figure and ground are defined, destroyed, and rebuilt in mortal combat against the relentless sizzle and decay of atoms. Thus, the figure comes to represent the inner struggle associated with this endeavor- an emblem of survival and triumph of personal identity against the over-whelming onslaught of an omnipotent, impersonal destiny.
In addition to his primary inspiration and work as a “visionary” painter, he also works as an illustrator using both traditional natural media and digital techniques in colorful, expressive interpretations of natural subjects for advertising, packaging, and editorial use. To view these works, please visit:
www.GeorgeMiddletonIllustration.com
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All images and content Copyright 2008 by George Middleton. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction strictly prohibited.