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Amalgamist oil painting; a surreal and abstract expressionistic depiction of psychological transformation

black and white composite, 01, of alternating left and right eyes

Who is Michael Torres?

American Artist

Exploring the Mysterious World Within

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The Artist-In-Residence Catalog

2010 -2012

Culminating in a Solo Exhibition at the Buddy Holly Center, in Lubbock Texas, this 2 year residency was the artist's most prolific period to date, producing 105 works on canvas and paper.

surrealistic depiction of a couple, asleep and dreaming atop an ocean

square cropped detail from original oil painting, "Disenchanted Dreamers"

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Post-COVID Works (2023)

a collection of multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary works in mixed media, representing a chaotic transition from the shadows (of COVID)... back to light

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Other Image Galleries

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Cover image for "The Early Paintings" gallery; a broad stroked, expressionistic oil painting depicting a woman in a red dress, sitting in a field of white flowers

Cover image for the "Early Works on Paper" gallery; a surreal, etching style, blue ballpoint ink-drawing of a morphing face

Cover image for "The COVID Years" gallery; an abstract expressionistic, automatic drawing in mixed media

Coming Soon:

In Residence (in progress)
Peripheral Works
Conjunctions & Juxtaposition
New Work: 2024 (in progress)

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Artist Statement

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