Michael McNamara was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated
at the Detroit Center for Creative Studies and the Art Students
League of New York City. He is a contemporary painter of the Ashcan
School, bringing a soft touch to the hard edge of the big city.
“My work reaches toward the soul of my subject, revealing both
the drama in life and the passion felt within my own heart. From
my life’s experiences, I bring forth the images in which I find
inspiration, humanity, and emotion.
Much of my work explores the complexities of the urban environment,
both graphically, through the geometric relationships
among elements of an intricate man-made infrastructure, and
emotionally, by depicting the effects and conditions which this
environment creates for its community.

Using color and value to establish the emotional impact of the
subject, I emphasize the repetition of form and overlapping
planes to create rhythm and space. It is a sense of spiritual content
which binds it all together by revealing the struggle, as well
as the beauty, which exist all around us yet so often times remain
unnoticed.
Most of my work is painted on location in order to gain a better
understanding and appreciation for the diversity of people
and culture that exist within our communities, and to reach out
a hand of friendship and respect by celebrating that diversity
through art.”

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http://www.mcnamarapaintings.com