Michael Chittock

Michael Chittock’s paintings are expressions of his fascination with human beings and our relationships with nature and each other.

Sketches, photography, and memories inform Chittock’s enigmatic narratives conjuring references to such artists as Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, and Jim Davis.

“Color, shape, line, texture and value, these basic formal tools are used in various degrees by all dedicated visual artists, chased by time on an ever-evolving creative journey. My first serious attempt at painting started in my early teens. Having no formal art education my understanding of Great Art, was realism. I worked diligently, and over the years became very proficient at illustrating natural scenes of landscapes and animals. At 25 I started and completed a BFA Degree at the University of Arizona, discovering the vast world of abstract and figurative contemporary art, which dramatically altered how and why I create. Now, in my sixties, I have produced for many decades a multitude of art, experimenting with various mediums and styles. The act of painting has become a conceptualized dialog between my internal thoughts and external images, evoking for me an emotional response, impossible with illustration. It’s interesting to find I have come full circle, my reflected image standing where I started many years ago is once again producing art, ripe with natural designs, created not from the need to copy what is seen but from an internal view utilizing color, shape, line, texture, and value, manifesting illusions of fractured space and imagination.”

Michael’s work is represented in Arizona by Wilde Meyer Galleries. Click on any piece to enlarge it.