A Show by Mikey Gallant10/13/2023 - 11/11/2023
Mikey's work questions traditional expressions of masculinity in modern day coastal Massachusetts. The namesake painting of the show, 'Tears in the Sun', paired with pieces such as 'Buckets of Flowers', bring a sense of fragility to a sea salted male visage. We are at once hardened by the past and yearn for a vulnerability that was previously unallowable.

Bucolic New England landscapes abut paintings whose hand drawn figures and lettering evoke the early days of flash tattoo and hand painted signage so common on old town street corners. 
 The history of flash tattoo alone is inextricably linked to the sea. Sailors at port would flip through pages of flash tattoo booklets and select imagery to transform into art on their skin; the figure of a woman, religious crosses, anchors and hearts, something to ground them to feelings of warmth and home while they contend with the elements.

This theme of opposition, hard and soft, warmth and coolness, creates a bond through Mikey's work; we are drawn to relics of the past while at the same time acknowledging how the present has changed us.

- Monique Juliette Baron
Tears In The Sun
Acrylic on Canvas
36” x 48”
$1,800
Man From Salisbury
Point Acrylic on Canvas
48” x 60”
$2,800
Beneath The Fence
Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas
36” x 36”
SOLD
Buckets Of Flowers
Mixed Media
48” x 60”
$2,600
Endless
Mixed Media on Canvas
40” x 30”
$1,100
Death In The Afternoon
Acrylic on Canvas
36” x 48”
SOLD
Crushed By Mornings
Acrylic on Canvas
36” x 48”
SOLD
Tragedy Of Leaves
 Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 24”
$550
20 Men On 20 Horses
Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 20”
$550
Silent Procession
Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 24”
SOLD
Facing Eternity
Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 16”
SOLD
Any Day Now
Acrylic Canvas
24” x 18”
$500
Sound Of Dogs
Acrylic Canvas
10” x 8”
SOLD
Straight On Through
Acrylic Canvas
10” x 8”
SOLD
To Realize He Is Alone
Acrylic on Canvas
8” x 10”
$225
Land Where I Never Grow Old
Acrylic on Canvas
8” x 10”
$225
1,000 Miles From Home
Acrylic on Canvas
8” x 10”
$225
Tenderloin
Acrylic on Canvas
8” x 10”
$225
Preludes I
Acyrlic on Canvas
8” x 10”
SOLD
Preludes II
Acyrlic on Canvas
8” x 10”
SOLD
Marshes Of Babylon
Acrylic on Canvas
10” x 8”
SOLD
Monument
Acyrlic, Spray Paint and Ink on Canvas
50” x 52”
$1,800
Lighting Of The Lamps
Acrylic on Canvas
10” x 8”
$200
Dead Moon
Acrylic on Canvas
10” x 8”
$200
Face Under A Hat
Acrylic on Canvas
30” x 48”
$1,600