Becoming #8, 2013; Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 36 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Becoming #9, 2020; Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 36 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Chart #3, 2020; Acrylic on Panel, 40 x 58 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Cresting, 2018; Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 30 in
Curtain #2, 2013; Acrylic on Panel, 93 x 93 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Fountain #2, 2013; Acrylic on Panel, 93 x 93 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Holding Pattern #5; Drypoint Print, 28 x 28 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Modal Movement, 2015; Modal Movement, 2015; Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 36 in
Motion Capture, 2018; Acrylic on Panel, 30 x 60 in
Prospect #9, 2020; Acrylic on Panel, 48x 72 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Traces #1; Acrylic on Panel, 60 x 60 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Traces #2; Acrylic on Panel, 48 x 48 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Traces #3, 2020; Acrylic on Panel, 48 x 48 in, Series: The Cut Line Abstractions
Traverse, 2018; Acrylic on Linen, 30 x 60 in
Tumble, 2015; Acrylic on Panel, 75 x 60 in
MICHAEL BATTY (Canadian, born 1967) is a painter and a printmaker that operates with a formal language arising from a microcosm of the particle world. The minimalist pieces speak with geometry and line, and explores the balance between order and chaos by introducing random elements to the tightly rendered surfaces. The artist builds up a webbed network of intersecting lines by cutting into the surface of the painting with a knife; creating thin ridges and minute grooves. The incised lines catch and divert the paint, creating a random ground of pigment with a shifting depth of color to create quantum imagery.
Michael Batty graduated from the Emily Carr College of Art and design in Vancouver BC with a major in painting. He attended the renowned Emma Lake Artist Workshops in Northern Saskatchewan in the years spanning 1993-1996. He also studied printmaking at the Art institute at Capilano College in Vancouver BC. Batty’s paintings can be found in collections around the world, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria in Beijing, China, W Guangzhou, China, Four Seasons, Dubai, UAE, White Plains, New York and the Bank of Montreal in Calgary and Toronto.
The artist’s practice currently includes painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture.
