"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.  

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

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.  

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

"Diamond in Matrix" Oil on canvas.

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

April showers as oil paintings

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

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

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

2.16.08 -1
2.16.08 -2
2.20.08 -1

Full Moon Solar Eclipse Sandwiched between Saturn & Regulus

2.20.08 -2

Full Moon Solar Eclipse In Virgo Sandwich between Saturn and Regulus

mmmm.

2.21.08 -1

2.21.08 -2

2.22.08

2.23.08

2.23.08 -2
2.23.08 -3
2.23.08 -4
2.24.08 -1
2.24.08 -2

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...

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10.28.07 -1
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10.28.07 -3
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