Michael Baroff

Metascapes explore the transitional space between realism and abstraction where a dream-like inner meditative quality can emerge. Metascapes are certainly, on one level, seascapes, and yet again they are not, for the images are created without reference to any actually viewed scene, and the horizon line can be perceived to be the illusory boundary for what may be above and below the surface of our awareness.

I have painted Metascapes for 30 years. I also make intimate videos that capture in-the-moment movement and ambient sound and I draw and paint expressive portrait and figurative imagery.

EXHIBITS

2015 bG, Bergamot Station Santa Monica

2015 Hale Arts Space, Santa Monica

2015 Nitespa, Venice

2014 Brand Library, Glendale

2001 Odalisque Fine Art, Venice

1999 Tom Binder Fine Art, Marina del Rey

1996 Odalisque Fine Art, Venice

1988 Gallery 409, Marina del Rey

1987 James Turcoutte Gallery, Los Angeles

1984 Comeback Inn, Venice

1984 Santa Monica City Spring Art Show

1983 Pacific Art Guild

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Robinson-May Department Stores (Office of the CEO), Los Angeles

Water and Power Federal Credit Union, Los Angeles

Friedman, Hahn and Rheingold, CPAs, Encino

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Dr. Barbara De Angelis, Brentwood

Dr. Bret Lyon, Santa Cruz

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, Dana Point

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Finch, San Clemente

Ms. Stevie Stewart, Beverly Hills

Michael Baroff's works are reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Rothko. The works have a mystical and spiritual quality, painted on the small scale – and are to be held and appreciated in an intimate relationship between the image and the viewer.

Scott Canty, Director/Curator

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery