Michael Beare lives in Kiama, Australia.  

His paintings are abstract, emphasizing colour and composition. Overlapping layers contain arrangements of shapes that jostle against each other. Pictorial space is shallow and fluid, with forms anchored by planes of colour, such as a blue rhombus at the front or a curved red shape behind.

Each painting evolves through a process of improvisation with many changes. A fragment of one idea may evolve into another composition with new visual relationships. Chance and randomness are contained and reorganized. It’s a collage process with a very deliberate shaping of form.

His work is represented in the collections of the University of Wollongong and Charles Sturt University. He’s had several solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions, and has been a finalist in the Sulman Prize, Fishers Ghost Art Award, and Mosman Art Prize. 

April 2026