tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151973932011-04-21T16:43:23.491-07:00The things men's dreams are made upon. Is art the stuff of dreams, those deeply felt desires which motivate so much of our lives. Mike Fone is an artist who has dreams. Some may happen and some may not, but here he shares them with you with paintings and words.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-79739034665971723262009-02-03T08:55:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:58:09.643-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYh3YZf_RRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/r4hVqFfyXEk/s1600-h/solace_grey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYh3YZf_RRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/r4hVqFfyXEk/s400/solace_grey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298616222647010578" border="0" /></a>I painted this in Prussian Blue but that colour doesn't photograph well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-7973903466597172326?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-88370221670627256412009-02-02T13:00:00.000-08:002009-02-02T13:09:36.771-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-b70aMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/RQZmZzQrm7I/s1600-h/blue_3_grey.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-b70aMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/RQZmZzQrm7I/s400/blue_3_grey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298310112391489730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-bv6LaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/tVUIxmtZNro/s1600-h/pondering_4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-bv6LaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/tVUIxmtZNro/s400/pondering_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298310112341536162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-Oa6GxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uWdJ6hAe2VM/s1600-h/survivor_7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y7QtmfUhrWk/SYdg-Oa6GxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uWdJ6hAe2VM/s400/survivor_7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298310108763790098" /></a><br /><br />I'm doing a new body of work and hope to have a show I'll call Off The Wall. A lot of them are close-up heads. My aim is to push beyond the surfaces of realism but not by using abstraction. I have thought of various ways to do this such as painting a monochrome and then doing part in colour but haven't come up with the answer yet. People do say I show emotions in these portraits which may be enough.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-8837022167062725641?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-1140608049878982072006-02-22T03:26:00.000-08:002006-02-22T03:34:09.890-08:00<a href="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/beestung_5.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/beestung_5.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mikeysdream.com//images/verdaccio.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.mikeysdream.com//images/verdaccio.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/dare_4_large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/dare_4_large.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here's a little series of portraits where I've tried to confront some of my own feelings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-114060804987898207?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-1123702797421852942005-08-10T12:38:00.000-07:002005-08-10T12:41:59.686-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/1600/WIP_10_game_entrance.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/320/WIP_10_game_entrance.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Acrylics on 30 x 24 inch canvas.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-112370279742185294?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-1123678228432525632005-08-10T05:47:00.000-07:002005-08-10T05:50:28.436-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/1600/Mikeys_dream_middle_rework_2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/320/Mikeys_dream_middle_rework_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is the first painting of the series. Acrylics on 40 x 32 inch canvas.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-112367822843252563?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-1123523589091845582005-08-08T10:53:00.000-07:002005-08-08T11:00:22.983-07:002003: Acrylics on 30 x 24 inch canvas.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/"><img src="http://www.mikeysdream.com/images/game_WIP_5.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-112352358909184558?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197393.post-1123444909272912672005-08-07T12:57:00.000-07:002005-08-07T13:01:49.276-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/1600/mikeysdreamright.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2204/1384/320/mikeysdreamright.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's one of my earlier paintings. I took up portraiture after this.<br /><br />Acrylics on 32 x 24 inch canvas.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15197393-112344490927291267?l=mikeysdream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850553242487821386noreply@blogger.com0