Michael Nolan
Title: Head of Design and Instructional Faculty - ART
Campus: West Campus
LinksMichael John Nolan is an artist and teacher based in Tucson, Arizona. Michael has shown in numerous exhibitions nationwide, including many state museum exhibitions. His work has been featured in multiple publications and annuals, notably Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3 x 3, The Artist’s Magazine, Blue Canvas Magazine, and Creative Quarterly. Michael has been art director, cover artist, and illustrator on multiple literary publications. He is represented through The Lovett’s Gallery in Tulsa, OK. Currently, he is on the Visual Arts faculty at Pima Community College in Tucson.
Michael’s narratives lie somewhere between the real and the surreal. The psychological moments he creates evoke an undeniable and definite mood meant to amplify the intangibles and make them tangible. He uses exaggeration and the concept of archetype to give the conflicts a resonating presence. Michael’s works are centered on the philosophical notions of choice and the absence of decision, and how they affect the self and define and create the surrounding environments. “Life is a construct of both choice and the absence of decision. Unfocused, both can and most likely will create a stasis and with it, in time, entropy of the construct. However, one can attempt to impose a new structure and ultimately a redefinition of the construct by the same action that produced the stasis – choice.”
Alchemy of the Self
Oil on panel
Bearing The Eternal Promise
Oil on panel
Between The Shadows Falls The Inception
Oil on linen
Ravenous
Oil on linen
Vos Sunt Non In Potestate
Oil on Canvas