Michael Hawkins

Artist bio

Michael Hawkins is an Artist and Printmaker who works from his studio in Melbourne, Australia.
His ‘Overload’ limited-edition artworks are drawing-based, utilising silkscreen printing (and occasionally painting) processes. Whilst these works concern themselves with individual themes or subjects, they are also interested in exploring the visual effects of information overload and in asking questions through these works of how we divide the meaningful from the inauthentic.
The ‘Wild Things/Light and Sinister’ series evoke childhood wonder and teenage nostalgia as starting points. They derive inspiration from sources such as ‘Where the Wild Things are’, experiences of Camping and Ghost stories. These works aim to appear light and bright initially but with more sinister undertones that reveal themselves through further viewing, creating a juxtaposition between the malevolent and the naïve and nostalgic.

Current artworks

By Michael Hawkins

Light N Sinister 2

100cm (H) x 70cm (W)

Hand printed si...
By Michael Hawkins

Light N Sinister 2

103cm (H) x 73cm (W)

Hand printed si...
By Michael Hawkins

Wild Things (Night)

50cm (H) x 50cm (W)

Oil on canvas
By Michael Hawkins

Cactus Hill

100cm (H) x 70cm (W)

Acrylic on arch...
By Michael Hawkins

Wild Things

49cm (H) x 37cm (W)

Hand printed si...
By Michael Hawkins

You are the one I reach towards

38cm (H) x 32cm (W)

Hand printed si...