by Michael Everett | Aug 4, 2016
This painting arose from musing on an interview that Stanley Kubrick gave in 1968. When I was young I originally read his comments to glean clues to understanding Kubrick’s landmark film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – but I have repeatedly gone back to that interview and... 
by Michael Whelan | Jan 1, 2013
This image originated from an idea that I brought home with me from the hospital in May 2000. When the idea came to me, the only thing I had to draw on was an advisory pamphlet for patients, so I used the back of it for a rough sketch of the composition. I carried the... 
by Michael Whelan | Jan 1, 2001
From an idea I had been carrying around in my head since the late ’70s. 
by Michael Whelan | Jan 1, 1999
The shape of the opening admitting the glare of light is somewhat like a diagram of an eye, with the circle held by the figure representing the iris. The further one goes outward the greater one can see inward. 
by Michael Whelan | Jan 1, 1999
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 
by Michael Whelan | Jan 1, 1997
“Lumen” is a word with multiple meanings (light, cavity, window) and all the paintings in this series deliberately make use of them. In each one, there is a figure struggling to reach the light, seemingly trapped in a closed-in space by insurmountable... 