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#10 on the 19th of '11... Full moon in Cancer

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... I've taken to drawing on coasters. They're readily available whenever I'm out and I'm feeling the drawings. They're also a perfect size for the pocket when I'm taking the subway and schlepping a notebook is not an option. The absorbent white surface is also really inviting to the pen....

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April 2010...

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And Still Drawing

2010-11-08T16:25:00.000-08:00

Mars and Venus in the Neptune Fountain and Grand Army Plaza... I love it here.

Neptune

2010-05-22T10:33:00.000-07:00

Summer Daze in Brooklyn

2010-05-17T08:27:00.000-07:00

Back to Brooklyn!!

Back in Crown Heights after an Upper West Side, Manhattan Valley, really, hiatus.

New Space..

less dense,
shorter buildings

bigger skies.

with view of vacant overgrown lots...

Love it.

In that lot, there is a family of feral cats.

Four white, one black

I watched them hunt this morning..

Its a Brooklyn Safari.

Ummmm. trippy kitty.

2010-02-26T16:56:00.000-08:00

Dolphins are the Crane People of the Sky

2009-10-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

Dolphins are the Crane People of the Sky

This is what's being painted right now. The title came just as the drawing, I open up and it streams through. It may change as I paint it, I get to know it and understand the message.

This is the icosahedron, a feature in the new children's playground in Central Park at 100th St. and Central Park West. This is some sacred geometry and I am fascinated that its just hangin in the park. Love it.

2009-10-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

My Dream:

The Whales....

I was aboard a whaling vessel. Its a large community of people on a large ship with different tiers of responsibility. The captain leads the show, and the first mate follows his lead. Through day and through night it is men at sea. Whales are harpooned and processed. At times the sea is rough and waves crash down on me. At one point I am holding the harpoon which I'm afraid may pierce someone. A friend on board told me he made fresh coffee so I went for some. I passed men sleeping in bunks and finally reached a modern cafeteria. I got some coffee. There were many different people in this cafe. One woman was telling another how the last whale was harpooned there was terminology for where it hit, whether the whale drowned to death or whether the harpoon severed a vein and it bled to death. I went back up to deck with my coffee. It was light out. Groups of people were eating golden whole fried fish and burgers. One person said something.. to me?.. that made me think of Jersey City..."this guy....jersey city state...." I reach the bow where I see two whales. I think that they decided to split up so as to save one of them. I realize its a mother and calf. The ship drives between them in order to separate them. It goes for the mother and the calf circles around to get to her. They harpoon and tether both whales. The captain yells out to the supporting people to find out whether there is even room in the containment units for the newest bounty. At that moment I look at him and tell him if there is not, he should throw himself in. The first mate flips and begins yelling at me. The captain says relax, looks at me and says leave this ship now. I turn around and leave the ship. On my way off the boat a friend stops me. What happened and I tell them. They look at me with up set eyes and tell me that he has every right to throw me off. I shrug my shoulders in response. Another friend stops me and I explain again. This time I share how I could feel the fear and terror of the whales.. Emotions, the element of water, you have no idea to what degree they feel. There is no more food or people on the way out. I was hoping I could snag one of those fried fish.

Once I leave the ship I am on land and scenes pass in which I am not involved but a watcher, like television. It showed wind surfers who would leap high at sea in order to check for whale sign, they would then notify the ships. The scene then showed how on occasion these individuals were smacked out of the air and then beat to death by the flukes of the whales that would catch them . Then on the other side of me was a scene of a doctor/scientist who was running tests on a young boy who appeared to be mentally retarded or autistic. He had electrodes hooked up to his head and he was given what looked like puzzle tests while the man in the white coat wrote things down on his clip board. I awaken.

My Awareness:

The sea of the unconscious... Water is the key. When you begin to honor water, you begin to honor the element that links every single living thing...our consciousness.. our dream.. our spirit.. When you realize that your voice and your intention programs water you realize how much goes on between your consciousness or sentience and the water.. After this dream I realize that whales and their songs are programming the water. The nature of the whale is communicated through its voice and its song. I don't know much about whales but I know about whale song its popularity and its dreamy hypnotic nature. Whales are vegetarians, well, and krill, and are gentle singing giants of the sea. They sing life into the water. Like consciousness, like dreams, water is the stream that connects us all. The water in our own bodies is linked to this. We are not separate from the water and the horrific practice of whale murder that my dream state took me to experience. To some degree I now understand that the murder of these beings is killing the water in our own bodies ...in our own consciousness. Ostensibly, we are killing ourselves. The doctor in the lab coat, is the authority declaring what he will designate this boy who is unlike him and therefore inferior.. the hubris.. the disrespect.. it's that same sense of entitlement that is destroying this world, the water, the oceans, the whales, ourselves.

2009-09-07T01:19:00.000-07:00

new web site is up.

http://www.michaelviola.com

check it.

2009-06-09T21:11:00.000-07:00

6.9.09 Thunderstorms.. Lightning.. Full moon. Central Park to the Pier on Christopher St., back to Amsterdam Ave. A little out of focus, but you've got to love the cameraphone.

2009-04-29T20:19:00.000-07:00

"Pacific"

Painted on Pacific St. in Brooklyn. The house was directly across from a cathedral and was a two family owned by the Haitian family above. I painted many acrylic paintings in this space during this period.

2009-04-15T20:43:00.000-07:00

Drawings 3/31/09

I work at a restaurant.. I absorb a lot of energy. I take a lot of orders. I service a lot of people. This is the day the health dept. visited us. HIGH ALERT! we ... the restaurant passed.. It was pretty funny though watching, and partaking in the comedy that ensued. I was coffee station that morning. So this was the day where every milk container in the mini fridge needed to not be expired. A cause for concern. All clear. A friend mentioned that he actually did it last night and made sure that nothing was in there. He had found something and tossed it. Thank God..

It was a long day.. I didn't have a chance to draw until I was actually waiting on tables.. I could draw because there wasn't much to wait on. It wasn't very busy. Health dept. in the morning, slow afternoon, maybe a bit busier later. 3/31/09

2009-04-15T19:51:00.000-07:00

So many symbols. New Mexico. Kokopelli, Hummingbird. Cross and lotus. Santa Fe, NM

The intensity of reintroducing myself in the natal streams to procreate and die, partaking in the cycle of life. Tenafly, NJ

Light is landing. Highlands Loop. Santa Fe, NM

Christian Coffins. Santa Fe, NM.

Painting is brought back from the desert. Santa Fe, NM

Seated figure. And llama. Santa Fe, NM

Red Dragon. Santa Fe, NM

Winter symbols. This past Fall 2008. I drew a lot and this series of drawings on board 12"x12" came through at that time. NYC, MV.

NYC, Dean St. Bklyn. Drawing and oil.

2008-07-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

Greetings All I would love to invite you to the opening reception of
"A Dreamer's Web".

It is an exposition of some of my latest works both drawing and painting. The show is at the restaurant Piola, 48 E. 12th St./Broadway, http://www.piola.it/.

Opening reception on Wednesday August 13th 2008 from 6-8 PM.

If you can't make it to the opening, the show will be hanging until September 16th.

Hope to see you there.

Michael

Press Release:

Michael Viola III will be showing some of his newest works on paper and canvas at Piola Restaurant E12th St./Broadway NY, NY. Opening reception on August 13th 6-8PM showing through September 16.th
Michael is a self-taught artist with a background in healing. He studied transpersonal psychology in Santa Fe, NM, a branch of psychology that allowed him to immerse deeply into the shamanic and spiritual worlds of the American Southwest, Amazon Jungle, and Andean Highlands. In this time he received the unique gifts of working with esteemed indigenous elders and healers. This new spiritual perspective shattered the former framework through which he saw the world. Now, every day is a gift and by spiritual guidance he receives his blessings. Michael currently lives and works in NYC and can be reached at michaelviola3@gmail.com. His art work can be viewed at http://mviola3.blogspot.com.

Statement: My art is a language from spirit that I have learned to allow flow through me. The more I connect to the Great Mystery the larger and more bold the work. The art is purely intuitive and emulates no other school of process or style. I acknowledge my spiritual connection and my artistic responsibility by respecting all life and striving to live in balance, gratitude, and integrity. This is a vibratory state which is most refreshingly maintained through a devoted spiritual connection and a shamanic lifestyle. Through me these vibrations are then translated into depictions of color, line, and form. Much like the quantum reality in which we exist, forms blend and separate, like parallel dimensions, communicating different perspectives and experiences. These multi-layered depths, entice the viewer to enter, as into a labyrinth, evoking different feelings and histories at every turn. Each viewer's experience is unique and the healing is personal. My purpose in life and in art is to serve community and to ground spirit. This work is a conduit to the divine and our collective experience, sharing it, similarly, facilitates others' connection. Please enjoy.
Thank you
Michael

2008-06-30T14:42:00.000-07:00

"Diamond in Matrix" Oil on canvas.

This is what I call intuitive portraiture, I welcome commissions.

2008-04-11T22:41:00.000-07:00

April showers as oil paintings

New Dance. April 2008. Oil on canvas. 16"x20".
Drip Drop. April 2008. Oil on canvas. 12"x9".

2008-04-10T14:49:00.000-07:00

Lost Children:

Over the last few years I have moved around a bit and in each local I have left art work. Many of these pieces haven't been photographed and this is the first time they've been shown.

Prospect Park Dragon. Acrylic on Wood. Fall 2006.
Tongue. Acrylic on Wood. Fall 2006
Vertical. Acrylic on Wood. Fall 2006
HummingbirdRamHorn. Acrylic on Canvas. 36"x36". Fall 2006

2008-02-26T20:43:00.000-08:00

These are some of the many drawings I have produced in February. This has been a huge month of feeling and change, shifts and embracing new directions. These drawings are the framework, the skeleton which will undoubtedly flesh out this Spring.

(click on drawing to enlarge)

2.12.08 -1
2.12.08 -2

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2.20.08 -1

Full Moon Solar Eclipse Sandwiched between Saturn & Regulus

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2.20.08 -2

Full Moon Solar Eclipse In Virgo Sandwich between Saturn and Regulus

mmmm.

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2008-02-26T19:56:00.000-08:00

Communications 10.28.07 (1-22)

On this night I felt like I was split open and someone was writing directly on my brain. In a flurry these 22 drawings came through. Each one conveys a series of messages. I am more deeply understanding these drawings. I see them as blueprints of energy, they are the equations which demonstrate, visually, what it is that I am feeling empathically. I'm feeling a lot these days. This is not a rational communication. Open that right brain and just take it in. Absorb... Where does it hit you? What comes up? What do you recognize? What is triggered? There is quite a bit going on out there these days. It seems like people are trying to hold themselves together, so much tension on those seams...

(click on the drawings to expand)

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2008-02-10T19:34:00.000-08:00

These are some of the many drawings that came to me this Winter. When I draw, it's the groundwork, the foundation for a new phase that will be fleshed out in full color in the months to come. The drawings contains all of the basic plans, sequences, symbols, characters, and their relationships. It's information, dry and humorless, but nonetheless, the information that streams through us, in the invisible spheres. I connect with that stream empathically and communicate it here.

2008-02-10T19:24:00.000-08:00

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