Michael Andryc
Contemporary FOLK ART POP
Cruising with Clark
(My Grandmother and Clark Gable)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
48"x60"
III. Pop Tributes
Cruising with Clark (My Grandmother and Clark Gable)​
MANY OF MY ARTWORKS are tributes to people I have admired over the years. Be they family members, pop culture icons, master artists, or historical figures, they have each mentored and inspired me throughout my life. Thus, many of my works allude to others and/or their contributions to cultural understanding. By incorporating my own version of events in post modern-day times, I can express new renditions in my own style in the realm of the imagination.
The music of Bob Dylan and John Lennon inspired me to think, relate, wonder, and feel, as have many of the master artists: Chagall, Kahlo, Modigliani, Picasso, Rosseau, Van Gogh, and Warhol, to name a few. I have also admired the work of New Mexico artist, David Bradley, and the anonymous painters of the Yugoslavian Primitive School.
"Cruising with Clark" (at left) pays tribute to my grandmother as seen here taking a dream cruise on The Maid of Warsaw. On the reverse, I included the following lyric from the master of songwriting: 'You were so fine Clark Gable would have fell at your feet and laid his life on the line.'
- Bob Dylan, "Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight" -M.A.
The Two Babkas
(After Frida Kahlo)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
30"x40"
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The Abbey Road Expedition
(My Grandmother Leading Others in Search of a Little Help from the Beatles. . . in These Hard Times)
Acrylic on paper, custom framed
24"x30"
SOLD
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The Sleeping Artist
(After John William Waterhouse)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
36"x48"
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Riding with Brando
(My Grandmother and
The Wild One)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
24"x30"
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Cruising with Clark
(My Grandmother & Clark Gable)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
48"x60"
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My Grandmother and
Bob Dylan Singing a Duet
Acrylic on masonite,
hand-framed
33"x23"
NFS
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The Ramen Eaters
(Van Gogh and Gauguin)
Acrylic on masonite,
22"x28"
NFS
Van Gogh's Dog
Acrylic on paper, framed
20"x28"
SOLD
Aspens, Ravens,
Frida Kahlo,
and Georgia O'Keeffe
Acrylic on paper,
15"x11"
SOLD
Picasso's Dog #4
Acrylic on paper, framed
6"x4"
SOLD
The Sleeping Babka
(After Rousseau)
Acrylic on paper, framed
11"x15"
SOLD
Picasso's Dog #5
Acrylic on paper, framed
15"x11"
SOLD
The Absinthe Drinker
(After Viktor Oliva)
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
16"x20"
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The Ghost of My Grandmother Coming to the Museum
to See My Exhibit
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
16"x20"
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Angel Babka
Silencing the Scream
(After Edvard Munch)
Acrylic on panel board
20"x16"
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Edgar Allan and the Ravens
(A Funny Thing Happened to Me
on the Way to the Tomb)
Acrylic on paper, unframed
20.5"x15"
SOLD
Rendezvous in the Petroglyphs
(The Missing Episode)
Acrylic on paper, unframed
26.5"x21"
SOLD
Skinhead Madonna #2
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
20"x16"
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Madonna with Black Star
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
20"x16"
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Skinhead Madonna
Looking the Other Way
Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped
20"x16