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"A work of art is the trace of a
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Michael Flohr
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availability
michael_flohr@jacobgallery.com
or call us toll free: 1-800-963-1193
Biography of Michael Flohr
It is a rare and celebrated occasion when an artist is
discovered that has a unique talent, fresh vision and
exceptional ability to transcend artistic predisposition.
Painter Michael Flohr is just such an artist. Flohr’s work is a
visual adventure. Not only in its exquisite beauty, obvious
artistic integrity and the emotion elicited in every work of
art, but in the artist’s ability to effect the invention of a
genre unique and true in and of itself in today’s contemporary
art world. Depicting ordinary moments in extraordinary ways,
Flohr’s work is an intellectually artistic mastery of color,
perspective, technique and vision.
Blazing a trail that is sure to influence the eyes of fine art
collectors around the world, Flohr’s work is also sure to impact
other emerging artists for years to come. Michael Flohr is a
young California artist, currently living and working in San
Diego where he was born and raised. Recognizing his artistic
aptitude at a very early age, Flohr’s parents enrolled him in
his first art class at the age of five. His family’s perpetual
encouragement and conviction in his talents led him to pursue a
degree at the San Francisco Academy of Art College. At the
academy, Flohr was able to experiment with all types of media
and artistic styles. In 1999, Flohr’s propensity for
illustration was recognized by his acceptance into New York’s
Society of Illustrators, where he joined the ranks of legendary
predecessors such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and N.C.
Wyeth. He was awarded the Herman Lambert scholarship by the
Society in the following year. Flohr graduated from the Academy
of Art in 2000 and was honored with “Best of Show” for his
painting titled, “Irish Coffee” at the Academy’s spring
exhibition that same year. Shortly thereafter, three of Flohr’s
paintings were selected for exhibition at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco’s oldest public museum located in Golden Gate
Park. There, his work hung in the company of other master
painters including one of Flohr’s most revered inspirations,
Claude Monet.
Boasting acceptance into a museum environment so early into his
artistic career is a sure indication that this is an emerging
artist to be watched. In a contemporary art world that has
craved a fresh, new approach in the creation of effectual works
of art, Flohr fills this void with his series of paintings that
cover subject matter ranging from nightlife scenes, cityscapes,
still lifes and figurative portraiture. Flohr’s work is largely
urban in content, frantic in execution yet solemn in
interpretation. His paintings have an eerie ability to capture a
fleeting moment, as if from a peripheral vision, resulting in a
permanent “déjà vu” for the outsider looking in. Bordering the
surreal, yet strangely familiar, Flohr’s images capture what
seem to be the artist’s furious study of a gloriously regular
moment in time. A moment it seems in which many can relate. The
artist’s paintings are a patchwork of avant-garde,
impressionistic color exhibiting a stylistic fortitude that
succeeds in redefining impressionism and abstract expressionism.
Static movement is uniquely portrayed in his work through his
brushstroke technique, masterful use of light and sumptuous, yet
somber color.
MichaelFlohr states, “There is a flow that I try to keep in my
paintings that evolves into a story of colors and movement that
breathe together. A coronation of small, square strokes of
premeditated color create the rhythm throughout a piece. Then I
combine them with broad brush strokes that serve to ‘marry’ the
elements together. I approach each canvas with ‘aggressive
subtleness’. My goal as a modern impressionist is to capture a
gesture and a mood, not necessarily every pore on the face of a
person depicted in one of my paintings. I want my figures to be
a part of the painting, not the painting itself. They work
together in the environment creating the movement and emotion in
a piece. I like to show light and how it travels, where it lands
and how it can change color. Light alone can change the look or
the mood of a place.” Ultimately, it is these qualities in
Flohr’s work that predominate in its appeal. Flohr claims his
biggest inspiration in creating his art is everyday life. He
protests, “I have a huge passion to record humanity on canvas,
the good and the bad, it is all beautiful to me.” He strives to
express the familiar in his work and communicate a common thread
among his subjects and his viewers. “I want to tell a story with
substance,” Flohr admits. And he achieves this with a genius of
insight and artistic wherewithal unique to his work and a man of
his young years.
A trip to Europe upon his graduation from the Academy was
influential in his interest in European culture and proved to be
an enlightening experience for the artist and his work. It was
this experience that led him to pursue the desire to capture the
nuances of social interaction, city nightlife and cityscapes as
subject matter for his art. The artist states, “Seeing strangers
intermingle in strange, new places is an inspiration to me. I am
the guy that can be found out with friends in a café and notice
a beautiful, warm, orange-violet light chipping on peoples’
faces across the room. I am immediately distracted and thinking
of ways to combine color and capture that moment in my next
painting.”
Flohr admits to being inspired by the all-important and
influential works of impressionist artists throughout history,
specifically: Pissaro, Monet, Manet and Degas. Like these
artists, Flohr prefers to work in oils and comments, “I love oil
paint because of its durability and the richness it brings to
the canvas. I also believe that most people with an appreciation
for art respect an artist’s use of this classic medium.” Flohr
does not work with static models. Instead, he will sketch “in
the moment” as a scene unfolds, most often with charcoal. Many
times, his sketches will become works of art in themselves. On
occasion, the artist will work with candid photographs.
Capturing the visual clues in a scene is imperative to Flohr as
he considers the “overwhelming choices of color” used to create
his interpretation of an image. The artist comments,
“Observation is everything for me. Whether it is seen, heard or
read, it is all connected to that which can be processed into a
visual.” Michael Flohr’s passion for his art parallels his
passion for life. As he strives to be true to himself, his
family and friends, he admits his fiancée, Melissa “is my
biggest, new-found inspiration in a way I cannot describe.” As
he grows as a person and evolves as an artist, enthusiasts of
the arts are sure to enjoy the fruits of his commentaries on the
world around him – and in the end, the one that surrounds us
all.
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