“Voice of a Deity”

Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 24 Artwork for Super Duper Gallery

In “Voice of a Deity”, Mikes crafts an image of ‘seeing’. The severe exhaustion reflected in the swelling pair of eyes contrive a familiar feeling of extensive looking to the material world. Above it, a third eye rests quiet with much less tension, perhaps signifying attributes akin to intuition, foresight, and wisdom– all of which, not as observable as objects of the everyday. The contrast between these two elements points to the artist’s conceived depravity in the divine dimension we all share, but often abandon. The graphic drooling of the gums surrounding it continues a narrative of intense desire that cannot be quelled unless tamed by the awakening consciousness of the inherent and universal transcendence of humanity. Reeling back to the artist’s societal roots, and personal values, Mikes reminds us to reclaim a connection to the spiritual. To equal consumption with contemplation. To carve a space for the sacred to dwell as interludes in the frenzies of the everyday.