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Michael W. Dugger

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"Disciple"

Mixed media on board

16.5"x24" framed

2023

ARTIST BIO

Southern Pennsylvania based artist Michael W. Dugger has been exploring his narrative in painting through the intentional manipulation of surface by meticulously layering and mechanically removing layers to reveal his surfaces. Michael, 43 years old, creates his work out of his studio in York, PA.

Michael and his fellow artist/wife, Lucinda, reside in York and are raising their 4 children there and are also teaching them to explore their own creativity through the arts. Being a former DC resident for over 10 years prior to moving to York, Michael now finds the Pennsylvania culture and bucolic landscape the perfect respite to create his work. Currently, Michael commutes back to the DC area for work as a firefighter and paramedic. His professional work literally bleeds into his paintings in the form of subject matter and tension. Michael has cut his teeth professionally in DC as first a Chef and then moving into the world of firefighting.

Most of Michael's current work takes shape in the form of "reduction paintings" a technique that is used to form images through the idea of removing the layers of paint to reveal a narrative. Michael begins his work by creating the layers needed to build a narrative based on the work series he is engrossed in. He then starts by scraping, sanding, and removing, resulting in the final images that, through the many layers, tell a story. The end goal of this process is like seeing a lone billboard in decay, multiple torn layers, and ghost like remnants. It tells a story. It shows a beauty.

Michael was trained formally at Interlochen Arts Academy and Western Michigan University, where he obtained a BFA in Oil Painting. Michael has had many recent group and solo exhibitions in York and has also shown in galleries across the United States as well as group and solo exhibitions in Berlin, Germany. Michael has located his studio between NYC and DC which provides the creative space to create, but still be close enough to engage the arts community in the DMV.

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