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The Sun, 7-inches in Diameter, Stone Lithograph with Watercolor and Color Pencil, 2025Fish Shack, Motif No. 1, Rockport, 16 x 20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2025Bearskin Neck, Rockport, 11 x 14 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025Mount Stromboli Erupting, 16×20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2025
I made a new watercolor of the turtle tiles I created originally in 1983. Its a 4-3/4 x 4-3/4 inch on arches paper. This was completed on November 10th. I’ll show the… Read more: Tessellation of Turtles
This oil painting is inspired by a local farm field on a clear summer night. I took artistic license and removed the moon from the night sky, and a farm building from… Read more: Night Visitors
Mount Etna View of Taormina, 24×36 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025Early Morning Walk Along a Canal, Venice, 24 x 30 inches, Oil on Linen, 2025Apple Orchard, 8×10 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025Italian Coast Near Amalfi, 8×10 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025Susurrus, 16×20 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2024Vanishing Citrus Industry, 8″x10″, Acrylic on Panel, 2024Rain Shower at Sunrise, 24×36 inch, Oil on Canvas, 2024Return of Red Diamond, 18×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Return to Capri, 16×20 inch, Oil on Linen, 2024Summertime View of Perast, Montenegro, 24×30 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Boats Along a Dock Outside Split, Croatia, 16 x20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024The King of Flowers, 18×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Water Lilies, 30 x 30 inch, Oil on Linen, 2022The Clark Art Institute Reflecting Pool (Finished Revised) 20×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Poppies Along the Road (Final Enhanced), 20×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Hay Field in Moonlight, 20×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024View of Marblehead at Sunrise, 11×14 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024.Morning Light, 18 x 24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Canale e Campanile Castello, 16×20 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025
About
Michael Wilson is a tessellation artist and painter. He has been hand drawing tessellations for 40 years. He is a self taught artist and painter.
Metamorphosis I (2020)Campanile di San Giorgio di Maggiore, 16×20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Roman Holiday, 18×24 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024View Across the Arno River from the Ufizzi, (24 x 36 inches), Oil on Linen, 2023
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Quiet Watch at Bar Harbor, 24×36 inches, Oil on Linen, 2024Basilica del Santa Giovanni e Paolo, 16×20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2023Vaporetto a Piazza San Marco, 16x 20 inches, Oil on Linen, 2023Lincoln Stone BridgeHarbor Nocturne, Oil on Linen , 16 x 20 inches, 2023Nubble Light Late Afternoon, 11×14 inches, oil on linen, 2023Sunset Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda, 2023 8x 12 inch Oil on PanelEarly Evening Along the Arno River, Florence, (24 x 36 inches) Oil on Linen, 2023Grand Canyon Oil 11×14 inches (2022) View from Gardens of Augustus, Capri (2023)Afternoon at the Portofino Reflecting Pool (2023) Winter Sunrise on the Porter River DanversNantucket Main Street Plein Air and Finished in Studio (2023)Winter Island Boat Yard at Sunrise, 8×10 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025 (Enhanced)Timetron (2024) A concept painting for a yet to be discovered time traveling wandererSunset Over Tierra del Fuego, View Over the Arno River from the Uffizi (2023)Once Upon a TimeA concept painting for a yet to be discovered time traveling wandererOil PaintingsPonte Vecchio (2023) Curly, Moe and Larry (2023)Venetian Canal , Oil on Canvas, 9×12 inch (2020)Early Morning (2023)Capri Harborside (2022)
Peggy’s Cove (2022)Stone Bridge (2022)
Visitation of Eze (2022)North Bridge (2022)
Wright-Locke Farm (2020)Once Upon a TimeAfter Fishing (2022)
Dear Vincent…(2022)Early Evening Lakeview (2022)Otter Cliffs Mt Desert Island (2022)Allegory (2022)Moonlighting (2022)Park Pavillon (2021)Garden of the Gods (2022)Waterlily (2021)Somesville Bridge (2022)Flower Garden (2020)Sunflowers After the Rain, 8×10 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel (removed), matted & framed under glassThe Fortress (2020)Castellano, 4-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, Lithograph with Hand ColoringItalian Vista (2016)Turtles & Fish
Tessellations
The following are some of my hand drawn tessellations and recent designs. The earliest tessellations are from the late 1970’s and 1980’s.
Flying Lizards & Angler Fish (1982)Hyperbolic Tessellation of Icarus, Named after a Distant Star Discovered thru Gravitational LensingTime Zipper (1986)George of the Jungle (1986) One of my favorites.
Rays I (2020)Tyrannosaurus (2021) The TortugasMetamorphosis I Development I The Stingrays Garden (2022)Bird Motif (2017)Five Birds (2019)Elephants (2020)Horses (2020)The Cheshire Cat (2017) Fish Motif (2016)Fish and Birds IV (2017)Name’s Brucie (Shark)Angels (2019)Greek Soldiers (2016)Goosey-Goose (D1gg)Goosey-Goose (D1kg)Turtles IVIcarus Rising/Icarus Falling (2019)Flying Horses (2018)Frogs (2018)Spiders (2018)Horsemen II The Artists DreamButterfliesIcarus II (2020)Flying Fish (2019)Gorilla Business (2017)The Lost Domain (2016)The Meeting (Wizards & Trolls) (2020)Alta VistaRise & Fall (2017)Knights (2022)Mermaids (2022) Design Collaboration with David Smith. Angels and Devils (2021)Dragons (2017)Dragons (2014)Flying Horses (2018)Horned Lizard (2017)Horned Lizards (Development I) (2017)War and Peace (2000)The Tessellation TreeTurtle TwisterJets & PterodactylsHorned Lizard Centaur I (2017)One World (2015)
Oil Paintings, Plein Air, Prints, Hand Drawn Tessellations 