Paintings

My intention is to put living in a healthy creative flow at the center of my life, and make the result part of how I sustain myself.  

This overview serves as an archive for art by © Michaël Van Broekhoven - All Rights Reserved.

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This is a Chronological Overview of selected pieces – most recent at the top.  (May run a bit behind – I update this when so inspired.)

 In most cases, you can “click through the image” to the original blog posting for additional information.  Browse my art store,’ JOURNEY BEYOND’ , to buy it in postcard, greeting card, US postage, poster, wrapped canvass, or other formats.

2013:

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2012:

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Birds in Tree – acrylic on linen canvass, 30cm x 40 cm, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2012.

[--> 'Birds in Tree'.  --- I still have the original]

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‘Ceremonial Fire in Forest’ – Acrylic on canvass, 30″ x 40″, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2012.

[--> 'Ceremonial Fire in Forest' --- I still have the original]

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‘Crossing Over’ Acrylic on Canvas, 30″ x 40″, © Michaël Van Broekhoven (April 2012)

[--> 'Crossing Over'  --- I still have the original]

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 [--> "Orbs in Cat Tree" - Not for sale / In private collection]

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• 2011:

“Ghost of the Rockland Mansion?” – Bird feathers, invisible tape, permanent marker and acrylic on paper. (A2-size?) – by © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2011. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE.

 [--> "Ghost of the Rockland Mansion?" - SOLD/in private collection]

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Arrival on Island (where lanterns are relit) – Acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″ – © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2011. Painted in Victoria, BC (Canada). ;-) (the picture on the blog post wasn’t very good, so I had a friend/professional photographer take this one, with accurate colors). CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE.

[--> 'Arrival on Island (where lanterns are relit)':  --- I still have the original]

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‘Shamanic Journey’ – acrylic on canvas – 30″ x 40″ – © Michaël Van Broekhoven – 2011.  CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE.

[--> Shamanic Journey: --- I still have the original]

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2010:

SeaWindHorse – Blessings to all Sea Creatures (in response to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico spill) – Artwork by Michaël Van Broekhoven © 2010 All Rights Reserved.  CLICK THROUGH for more info.

[--> 'SeaWindHorse - Blessings to all Sea Creatures':  Original SOLD / In private collection]

‘The Prophet, in a weave of Giving and Receiving’ ((14-petalled Flower on 8-star pattern, Islamic Design – inspired. © Michael Van Broekhoven, 2010 All rights reserved.  CLICK THROUGH for more.

[--> 'The Prophet, in a Weave of Giving and Receiving':  Gifted/In private collection.]

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7-pointed and 11-pointed star pattern with cat, an Islamic Design study. acrylic on A4-sized paper. © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2010.  CLICK THROUGH for more.

[--> 7-pointed and 11-pointed star pattern with cat, an Islamic Design study:  --- I still have the original]

• 2008 – 2009: Transition and Reflection.

Book Cover for The Odyssey of Rising Ground, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2009

In the works for many years prior, by spring 2009, I finished my “mostly autobiographical book”, “ The Odyssey of RISING GROUND – A Warrior’s Journey Beyond Struggle ”.

Independently self-published “under the radar”, on 100% Tree-Free HEMP Paper, and bound into a beautiful 8.5” x 11”, 300+ page paperback, including over 50 interior b&w images…   It was one of a kind art piece of sorts.  The first edition (1 test run, 41 copies with a color section, and 32 just all b&w, sold out immediately, almost all to friends and family, starting at $30, with the final copies going for up to $155).

 [-->2009 BOOK : SOLD OUT / in 74 private collections]

In “Rising Ground”, I quote from my diary and correspondence, detailing my journey into the Earth First! movement, involvement with Julia Butterfly’s world-famous ‘Luna Treesit’ and being a front-line riot medic during the tumultuous anti-WTO protests in Seattle in 1999.  After I describe my brutal arrest and torturous detention by Prague police, you get a peek inside a broken mind plunging into a full-on PTSD-induced ‘psychosis,’  grueling psychiatric hospitalizations and all.  The later end of the book deals with intensive practice and study of Shambhala-Buddhism and shamanic energy healing, both of which opened me up to a whole new paradigm of empowerment beyond struggle.

For the original version, I used this art work (digital collage) for its cover (like most other art work shown here, now available as a Greetings Card, Poster, Etc.):

‘A Warrior’s Journey Beyond Struggle’ – art by © Michaël Van Broekhoven (2009)

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“Bats of Austin” (unfinished/abandoned/not in my possession/lost), acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2009.

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“For Whale Gulch” – acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″, ©Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2008

[--> For Whale Gulch: NO LONGER AVAILABLE/in private collection]

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  One of my favorite temporary homes, an Ancient Redwood in Northern California, even kept me dry during heavy rain. Photo by friend in 2006.

  From 2002 through 2007:  ’Adrift’

“The art of living unconventionally on less than $7k/year“, mixed media and anti-media.  Sustained by odd jobs, I lived “semi-nomadically” in mostly Northern California, with dozens of camp sites, couches and even hollow trees as temporary homes. The experiment was  interesting, but not stable enough to create much art, I found.

• 2001:

‘Psychosis’ – Mixed media (acrylic on canvas with glued-on NASA photos and permanent marker), 48″ x 30″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 2001.

[--> Psychosis: NO LONGER AVAILABLE/SOLD/in private collection/Lost?]

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• Art from my Radical Activist Era (1995-2000)

Most of the paintings from this period were created in Arcata (Humboldt County), California, USA, during an intense period when I passionately participated in Ghandian-style non-violent direct actions to help save ancient forests, improve forestry regulations, insist on freedom of speech, stood up for human rights, and aimed to abolish reckless global neoliberal policies (the socio-ecological damage of which is now becoming apparent to the masses as well).  Among others, I served as contact person, media liaison, treesitter, treesit ground support coordinator, assisted in road blockades, as a riot medic, and eventually went through a post-traumatic-stress mind grinder of sorts, after an extremely brutal false arrest and detention in Czech Republic in Sept 2000 (UN pdf. Page 79, case 433).

Art from this period (not precisely in the order they were painted.):

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“All Tools in the Box”, acrylic on canvas, 14″ x 14″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1999.

[--> All Tools in the Box: SOLD/in private collection]

“WAKE UP! It is Time for Revolution!”, acrylic and permanent marker on canvas, 36″ x 48″ (in asymetrical framing), painting © Michaël Van Broekhoven, poem © Julia Butterfly Hill, used with permission. 1998 or early 1999.  In response to fellow Earth First! activist  David “Gipsy” Chain being killed in defense of ancient redwoods in Sept. 1998.

[--> WAKE UP! It is Time for Revolution!: NO LONGER AVAILABLE/in private collection. (or lost?) ]

The poem by © Julia Butterfly Hill, is included in her 2011 poetry collection, “Becoming: Pictures, Poems, and Stories”, see her blog for more:  http://juliabutterflyhill.wordpress.com/ ]

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“Subcommandante Marcos of the Zapatista Liberation Army” {‘Zapatistas’}, acrylic on canvas, 30 ” x 40″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1999.

[--> Zapatistas: SOLD/in private collection.]

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“The Lynx: So, humans, where am I supposed to go now?”, acrylic on canvas, 18″ x 24″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven,1998 or 1999.

[--> The Lynx: SOLD/in private collection]

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“American Freedom”, acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 36″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1998.

[-->American Freedom: SOLD/in private collection]

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“A Call to Arm the Spirit”, acrylic on canvas, 11″ x 14″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1998.

[--> Call to Arm the Spirit: SOLD/in private collection ]

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“The New Terrorism Coming Soon to a Town Near You”, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 24″ x 30″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1998.

[--> The New Terrorism Coming Soon to a Town Near You: SOLD/in private collection]

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“Mandala”, acrylic on paper, not shown in full size, which is A3-sized Bristol Paper, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1997.

[--> Mandala: SOLD/in private collection]

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(Gift for my sister), acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″ (?), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1996 or 1997.

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“Escape from the Nightmare”, acrylic on paper, A3-sized Bristol Paper, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1996 (?)

[--> Escape from the Nightmare: --- I still have the original]

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• Pre-1995:

These are from when I dabbled in engineering studies in Belgium, prior to moving to San Francisco in spring 1995.

“The Knife of Reason”, color pensil and pen on paper, A4-sized (european printer paper), © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1992.

[--> The Knife of Reason: --- I still have the original]

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“Leap into the Unknown”, watercolor on paper, A3-sized Bristol Paper, © Michaël Van Broekhoven, 1992 (?)

[--> Leap into the Unknown: NO LONGER AVAILABLE/in private collection]

• Drawings and Paintings from childhood may be added at some point, after I come across them in Belgium.

—- End of Chronological Selection.  Most Recent at the top of this page. —

• ALSO: a couple experiments in altered image collages (electronic, 2011)

• ‘Abode of Peace rises from Fukushima Rubble’ A photo alteration / collage from April 19,  2011, posted HERE.

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• Got Cesium? My spoof ‘got milk’ ad, as posted May 3, 2011, HERE

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