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Oil Paintings, Plein Air, Prints, Hand Drawn Tessellations

tessellations, prints, oil paintings, plein air, hand drawn designs

  • The Sound of Cicadas (Poetry and Painting)

    The Sound of Cicadas (Poetry and Painting)

    Few people ever think about the sounds that existed in the background when a painting is made or what the artist heard when the inspiration occurred. The sound in the background can shape and inspire the painting. This painting “Fallen Columns, Temple of Zeus” is about the sound the artist hears while painting the scene…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 13, 2023
    Paintings
    2023, Greece, Michael J Wilson, Oil Painting, Olympia, Temple of Zeus
  • Bridge Between Two Worlds Exhibit at Cutter Gallery Arlington, Massachusetts, August 2, 2026 through September 26, 2026

    This post is a revision of an earlier post with price reductions for my oil paintings. Very few people have been through the gallery. I have sold some prints but would like some oils to be purchased. Please take a look. The pricing should be very competitive for an emerging artist for framed work and…

    wilsonmike2010

    August 26, 2026
    Landscape, Original Oil Painting, Paintings, Sunrise, tessellations
    Arno River, Bar Harbor, Bermuda, Brant Point, Butterflies, Fish Shack, Florence, Flowers, hand drawn tessellations, Horned Lizard, Icarus, Italian Coast, Key West Sunset, Landscape, Lighthouse, Marblehead, Michael J Wilson, Montenegro, Nubble Light, Oil on Linen, Oil Painting, Original Oil Painting, Perast, Ponte Vecchio Bridge, Rockport, Seascape, Sunflowers, tessellations, Tobacco Bay, Venice, Watercolor
  • The Cheshire Cat’s Smile

    This is a lithograph that is pretty much fully developed on stone. I’m planning to print it as a chine colle. The tessellation in the backgroind is my. Cheshire Cat design. Alice is looking rather bewildered up at the Cheshire Cat with his quizzical look. This image has been in my mind for quote awhile…

    wilsonmike2010

    July 24, 2026
    Lithograph, tessellations
  • Cutter Gallery Exhibit, Bridge Between Two Worlds, Tessellations and Oil Paintings

    I’m happy to announce I will have a solo art exhibit at the Cutter Gallery in Arlington, Massachusetts from August 2- September 26, 2026. Closing will be on September 26, 2026 at 2:00 pm. The opening will be August 2, 2026, Sunday, from 1:30- 5:00 pm. The gallery is located in the lower street level…

    wilsonmike2010

    July 6, 2026
    Harbor, Landscape, Original Oil Painting, Paintings, Sunrise, Sunset, tessellations
  • Owls, Spiral Tessellation

    Spiral life-like tessellations are not that common due to the inability to easily stack slices and make an image that is recognizable. This is a single spiral of an owl motif I had originally created as a double spiral. I chose the single spiral for this image to simplify it and allow the viewer to…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 19, 2026
    tessellations
    2026, Michael J Wilson, Owls, Spiral, Tessellation
  • Infinite Progression, Horned Lizards, Black & White,

    The horned lizard motif has been an ongoing interest of mine for at least 10 years. I had a hexagon on my header when I had the Tessellation Elegance website and you can see other interpretations on this website. I plan to make this little drawing into a print. The drawing is small, 4-3/4 inches…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 15, 2026
    tessellations
    2026, Horned Lizard, Infinite Progression, Michael J Wilson, Tessellation
  • Sea Turtles and Dolphin Fish Tessellation

    This is a watercolor and color pencil tessellation of sea turtles and fish. The tessellation came from a linocut print that I made several years ago called “Bermuda”. It was inspired by my time in Key West. When I was diving I used to see green sea turtles and have caught dolphin while fishing. The…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 14, 2026
    tessellations
    2026, Michael J Wilson, Sea Turtles and Dolphin Fish, tessellations
  • Frogs, Cantor Series with Middle Third

    This is a tessellation of frogs in a pseudo- Cantor Series because their are five frogs in the third tier. So technically not a true Cantor set. The continuity of the frogs is 1, 2, 5, 14….. If it were a true Cantor it would have the middle third missing so there would be a…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 13, 2026
    tessellations
    2026, Frogs, Michael J Wilson, tessellations
  • Butterflies, Infinite Progression

    This is a black and white infinite progression of butterflies in pen and ink with color pencil. It is in the shape of a hexagon with axis at 60 degrees. This one is 4-1/2 inches x 4-1/2 inches. I wanted to transform my butterfly tessellation into an infinite series although its quite small I like…

    wilsonmike2010

    April 11, 2026
    tessellations
    2026, Butterflies, Infinite Progression, Michael J Wilson, Tessellation
  • Bridge Between Two Worlds

    Those of you that are interested in tessellations may appreciate this post, however if you like my oil paintings you may not be impressed and not appreciate it. Let me explain the title first. This drawing is an intersection of three (3) different tiling groups ( of the 17 standard tiling groups, not counting aperiodic…

    wilsonmike2010

    March 21, 2026
    Paintings
  • Icarus (C4) Tessellation

    This is a linocut of a tessellation of Icarus from symmerty group C 4 from the original pen and ink drawing Rise and Fall (see the drawing on my website). The linocut is designed like a chessboard and a transformation from squares to the Icarus tile. I have always been fascinated with the myth of…

    wilsonmike2010

    March 20, 2026
    tessellations
    Icarus, Linocut, Michael J Wilson
  • Little Dragons Tessellation (C3)

    This is a small watercolor and color pencil of a dragon tessellation that rotates 120 degrees with three copies of itself to tile the plane. The original was a lithograph with watercolor only (no color pencil) that I had completed several years ago in a “star” pattern on a larger scale. I will post the…

    wilsonmike2010

    March 17, 2026
    tessellations
    dragons, Michael J Wilson, tessellations
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