"Circa 1984"
Acrylic on cradled panel, 16 x 12 in.

#painting #cityscape #stilllife #acryliconpanel #contemporarypainting

"Rear Window"
Acrylic on panel, 2022. Part of a window series shaped by moments looking out from the apartment during the pandemic, Hitchcock in the background. Hard to process that impact as things feel increasingly fractured and inward-looking.
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“Sunday To-Do”
Acrylic on cradled panel, 36 x 24 in.
New painting included in “Home, Dissembled” at AVA Gallery focusing on the importance of quieter moments.

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"Blinds Half-Opened"
Acrylic on cradled panel, 21 x 42 in.

"Green Curtains"
Acrylic on cradled panel, 21 x 42 in.

Included in "Home, Disassembled" at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH thru Sept. 27

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"Home, Disassembled" is on view through Sept. 27 at AVA Gallery (NH). The exhibition includes new works reflecting on ideas of home, memory, and displacement.

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“In The Morning We Built the City”
Acrylic cradled panel, 20 x 16 in.

📍Port Jervis, NY.

Title from Peggy Seeger / Ewan MacColl’s “Ballad of Accounting”
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"Pink Trim"
Acrylic on panel, 11 x 9 in.

📍Harrisburg, PA

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Thanks much! I currently have work at Nahcotta in Portsmouth, NH, and a piece at Nucleus House @nucleushouse.bsky.social in Portland, OR. On my website I generally sell smaller works, studies and open edition prints directly. Larger work tends to go thru galleries.

“Workday, 1AM”
Acrylic on panel, 14 x 10 in.

📍Troy, NY

#nocturne #contemporaryrealism #newpainting

“Houses” opens tomorrow Feb. 7 at Nucleus Portland. Curated by Matt Schu

📍Nucleus House @nucleushouse.bsky.social
1137 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR

Artists:
Andrew James McKay
Betsy Walton
Josh Minnich
Kim Slate
Paper Puffin
Lia Tin
Mike Howat
Rachel Murray
Sam Kalda
Sean Lewis

Past artwork by @mikehowat.bsky.social. Mike will be participating in the “Houses” Group Show Feb 7 — Mar 2, 2025.

Good to be here. Here’s a new nocturne for an upcoming exhibition at Nucleus Portland / Nucleus House @nucleushouse.bsky.social curated by Matt Schu. Exhibition opens Feb. 7 in Portland, OR.
 
“Stargazer”
Acrylic on panel, 22 x 16 in.

Experimenting more with star maps.