The Eye of the Beholder: Its What YOU See – work by Michael Mistric

Archway Gallery presents The Eye of the Beholder: It’s What YOU See – work by Michael Mistric on view August 6 – September 1, 2016. The artist will be available to visit with guests during the opening reception Saturday, August 13, 2016, from 5 – 8 p.m. with an artist’s talk at 6:30 p.m.

The Eye of the Beholder: It’s What YOU See is a representative exhibition of the artist’s work in two and three-dimensional formats including paintings, table art, plates, and furniture.

Although people perceive various influences in Michael Mistric’s work, if any exist, they are by no means conscious. Indeed, the forms spring spontaneously from his head through his hand with no prior preparation or deliberation. Thus, every work is unique in two senses: none is like any other and each generates a distinctly personal visual association in the eye of the individual viewer.

Mistric’s work developed out of doodling on paper and takes off from there. He believes the role of any artist – wherever – is what he or she wants to make it. His desire is to spark a sense of visual recognition in the viewer. Mistric has no formal art training and his art is what his subconscious tells his hand to do. He draws with an oil paint pen over a painted or unpainted ground.

Mistric has worked as a registered nurse for over thirty years and as a nurse practitioner for nearly eighteen years. He currently teaches nursing at several area universities.

Pictured above: Box #2.