Mike Silva : New Paintings

10 Sep-20 Oct 2019

Overview

When we look to images of the past, there is a desire not to forget. As we move through life, people and places change or come and go, but a residue of those experiences and memories remain, shaping who we are. Painting from old photographs as his main point of reference, Mike Silva tenderly renders vignettes of old friends, past lovers, and former residences in oil paint. Silva momentarily allows the viewer an opportunity to share his memories as he tells stories through his images of familiar people and domestic interiors that were once, and perhaps still are, important to him.