Figures in the Landscape

I paint figures in landscape because the basic problems confronting humanity today result from unworkable basic conceptions concerning the nature of man and his relationship to the rest of nature. The figure in landscape motif symbolizes this relationship.

: Idyll — 50" X 36"

: Idyll II — 54" x 47"

: Idyll VI

“Michener takes the idea of nature as nurturer one step further by showing the wilderness as an almost feminine environment of delicate tracery and playful illusion.”
—Paula Gustafson, Artichoke

: Swimming Hole — 50" x 44"

: Four Bathers

: Swimmers — 36" X 34"

Sometimes, in keeping with the traditions of classical humanism, the figures are prominent in the natural setting. More often, the figures are small and imbedded in nature, as in traditional Chinese and Japanese painting.

: Moonlight Skinnydippers — 20" x 30"

: The Dream l — 44" X 68"

: The Dream II — 68" x 40"