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Michael Hilsman

Michael Hilsman's work integrates and expands upon the formats of classical painting, in particular the genres of portraiture and still life. Through incorporating elements at once ambiguous and curiously emblematic—plants, shells, and feathers, pieces of clothing, body parts—Hilsman has developed a visual vocabulary that oscillates between naturalism and expressionism. His paintings hint at the artistic exploration of the absurd, the latent spirituality of things, and the relationship between the physical and metaphysical. Often inscribed with words or titles on the picture plane, his compositions offer quasi–theatrical backdrops for objects and figures in states of dissolution and fragmentation, either on the brink of disappearance or formed anew. 

Selected artworks

  • Lemon Tree With Timepieces, 2018 - Oil on linen - 152,4 x 121,9 x 4,4 cm - 60 x 48 x 1 3/4 in
    Lemon Tree With Timepieces, 2018 - Oil on linen - 152,4 x 121,9 x 4,4 cm - 60 x 48 x 1 3/4 in

    Michael Hilsman Lemon Tree With Timepieces, 2018

    Oil on linen
    152,4 x 121,9 x 4,4 cm
    60 x 48 x 1 3/4 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      ‘M.’ With Idioms (Tooth and Nail), 2018

    Michael Hilsman ‘M.’ With Idioms (Tooth and Nail), 2018

    Oil on linen
    162,6 x 243,8 x 4,4 cm
    64 x 96 x 1 3/4 inches

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      ‘M.’ With Laundry, 2018

    Michael Hilsman ‘M.’ With Laundry, 2018

    Oil on linen 
    243,8 x 162,6 cm
    96 x 64 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      Ocean Picture II, 2018

    Michael Hilsman Ocean Picture II, 2018

    Oil on linen
    243,8 x 162,6 cm
    96 x 64 inches

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      M. With Citrus I, 2020

    Michael Hilsman M. With Citrus I, 2020

    Oil on linen
    27.9 x 35.6 cm
    11 x 14 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      Two Flowers, Two Cacti, 2021

    Michael Hilsman Two Flowers, Two Cacti, 2021

    Oil on linen
    127 x 182.9 cm
    50 x 72 in

  • Man On Bed, 2021 - Oil on linen - 147.3 x 223.5 cm - 58 x 88 in
    Man On Bed, 2021 - Oil on linen - 147.3 x 223.5 cm - 58 x 88 in

    Michael Hilsman Man On Bed, 2021

    Oil on linen
    147.3 x 223.5 cm
    58 x 88 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      Man In Landscape With Water, 2021

    Michael Hilsman Man In Landscape With Water, 2021

    Oil on linen
    147.3 x 223.5 cm
    58 x 88 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      Flowers, Shells, Hammer, Nails, 2021

    Michael Hilsman Flowers, Shells, Hammer, Nails, 2021

    Oil on linen
    27.9 x 35.6 cm
    11 x 14 in

  • Michael Hilsman,                                      Feet With Feather, Jar And Moon, 2022

    Michael Hilsman Feet With Feather, Jar And Moon, 2022

    Oil on linen
    182.8 x 127 cm
    72 x 50 in