Represented Artist, Michael Wilkinson, at Milan Art Gallery in Downtown Fort Worth Texas

Michael Wilkinson is a sculptor, poet, storyteller and architect who - through the uplifting power of his art - raises our consciousness to a higher level of life appreciation as well as thrilling us with pure beauty in endless guises. As human images turn inward toward self-contemplation or outward toward their future, the "stories" told by each complex work of art lead us inextricably through prismatic pathways ever leading home... toward ourselves, toward our personal potential and toward the possibilities of our happiness.

 

Working for nearly a decade in the optically clear acrylic material, Wilkinson constantly expands his talents to sculpt "light" in original ways that not only advance the art form into unique patterns of optical illusion but also act to capture our attention both aesthetically and emotionally. Utilizing reflection from smooth planes to relate the narrative, he also employs refraction of light to alter the positioning of the figures within the work in order to deepen the content of the stories: figures sculpted on the outside, through his refraction, appear "magically" on the inside from the other angles.

 

Each of Wilkinson's acrylic works, no matter what the story unfolding within it, offers a self-contained yet stimulating world that combines the artist's lifetime interest in physical challenges of form with the philosophic ideas that make life meaningful. A consummate Romantic Realist who honors both the classical and romantic traditions of established western art forms, his continuing quest for self-development - as an artist and a person - is revealed to us through the sculptural light of his art;  his images, the heartbeat of his work, reveal a trust in our human ability to forge personal paths to individual achievement.

 

His dream-like worlds, illuminated internally by compassion, understanding and romance emerge like sparkling gems with many facets - all lit from the same deep source, which is an abiding confidence in the human spirit and a passion for life and living. As the beauty of his figures and the hope in his stories reverberate gently through the serene atmosphere he creates, the clear acrylic becomes a series of reflecting windows where, by looking in at Michael Wilkinson's visions of what life can and ought to be, we can discover the "reality" of the dream come true... the ultimate reflection of our own, most private and cherished selves.