Houses of the Holy XIX ©2024
62 ⅝ x 60 ½ inches (159.06 x 153.67 cm) (Stretched)
Enamel Acrylic on Canvas
"Houses of the Holy XIX" is part of a remarkable series on canvas, completed in 2024. The "Houses of Holy" is a body of works that began in 2011. Michaels' has explored the interaction of color, shape and multilayered texture by experimenting on the raw canvas, with the boundless possibilities of achieving a multidimensional which at once is both free form and extremely precise. The interwoven threads are the sound of the music fully captured by the attentive audience's eyes; soothing rhythms, soft flutters, and driving backbeat.
The artist whispers, "If you use your eyes, you can hear the delicate rhythm of the misty memories of days gone by." In this way, the viewer can embrace the most definitive moments of people, places and things, as they come alive through the comprehensive collection of "Houses." The series portrays the renewable energy of the familiar people, sacred places and extraordinary things, some still existing and some merely hoping to be seen and eagerly desiring to be fondly remembered. The powerful, the beautiful and the most revered.