Michael Beare lives and works on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Since 2013, his paintings have become increasingly abstract, emphasizing colour, space, line and shape rather than specific imagery. There are allusions to (among other things) comics, signage, Modernism and Art Deco. Each painting undergoes much revision and experimentation, mostly through trial and error. A fragment of one idea may evolve into another arrangement with new visual relationships. Chance and randomness are contained and reorganized. It’s a collage process with a very deliberate shaping of form. Clarity and impact are important. So is intuition and feeling.

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 the Mosman Art Prize.

July 2025