Thanks to Norbert Marszalek for asking me to write an essay to answer the big question What is Painting? in his on going spotlight on painters and their thoughts. My essay can be found here https://whatispainting.com/michael-k-paxton/
"Raw Reckoning" Exhibition Announced
I am pleased to announce that my one-person exhibition of recent large-scale paintings and works on paper titled “Raw Reckoning” will be presented by the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL from June 7th through August 4th, 2019. Thanks to Adrienne Kochman, PhD, Curator of the UIMA for her wonderful support of my work and Olivia Rozodolsky, who will design the extensive catalog. This will be a major museum size exhibition and I am both honored and humbled.
Pillars of Dust Reviewed →
Paul Krainak, artist, educator and writer wrote a thoughtful review of “Pillars of Dust” for his Inland Art column in the October 2018 issue of the Community Word published in Peoria, IL.
Published in October Issue A5 Magazine
A5 Magazine that is published in the UK has selected my painting Trace Tabua to be included in their Portfolio #7 October 2017 Issue.