Lon Michels
The paintings of Lon Michels are suffused with light and energy. His subjects vary from still-life, landscape and portraiture all guided by perceptions that are visionary-like. Saturated with invigorating colors and blanketed in fantastic patterning, each canvas offers an overflow of a life lived large.
With his unique vision, Michels challenges the viewer to search each work for many hidden visual treasures. The artist received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was nominated for a Joan Mitchell grant in 2007.
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Museum of Wisconsin Art – Lon Michels – Disrupting Patterns
ON VIEW: October 28, 2023—January 21, 2024Lon Michels: Disrupting Patterns is a mid-career retrospective. Michels’ Neo-Pop figuration intuitively navigates the boundaries between framed, staged, and the projection of self through pattern. He captures members of his social circle informally at home or at work. Within the ordinary aspects of their lives. Michels highlights their idiosyncrasies and emphasizes their fragile, approachable humanity. The exhibition will feature forty-five paintings displayed within a re-created lounge environment of leopard-painted Buddha sculptures, a taxidermy bear, a 1961 camper van, a VW, and plush household furnishings. The exhibition includes numerous Classes, Talks, Lectures, and Guided tours by Lon Michels. View recent artwork on display