
Michael Andryc
Contemporary FOLK ART POP
Haunted by Picasso thru the Streets of Warsaw
Acrylic on masonite, framed
14"11"
SELF-PORTRAITURE is a time-honored genre of art studies and practice. Over the years, I have often found myself the subject or narrator of my pictorial stories. In elementary and high school, I saved myself from bullies with my sense of humor via stories and drawings, usually mocking unsuspecting teachers. A creative writing teacher in high school encouraged me to pursue my writing and art in more serious settings. At the local junior college, I majored in English and took the only formal art class I have had.
In "Haunted by Picasso..." at left, for example, I show frustration and dismay at trying to learn from one of the greatest influences in modern art while also trying to establish my break-away personal style, subjects, and methods. It is sometimes difficult to expand proverbial horizons while also honoring major influences of home, ancestry, education, and experience. To quote another of my favorite artists, Frida Kahlo: "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best." - Michael Andryc

IV. Self-Portraiture
Haunted by Picasso thru the Streets of Warsaw

Once the Black Sheep of the Family, Now the Benevolent Beatnik Uncle

Haunted by Picassothru the Streets of Warsaw #3
Acrylic on masonite, framed
18"x24"

I Can See Millions of Dollars...
& I Don't See Roy Lichtenstein Anywhere!
Mixed media: acrylic on paper
with newspaper clipping, framed
16"x20"
Acrylic on wood
24"x18"

Four Eyes
Acrylic on paper, framed
18"x24"
SOLD

No. 12: Capable of Doing Much Better
Acrylic on canvas, gallery-wrapped
24"x30"
SOLD

Blonde and Son of the Frog
at the Art Opening
Acrylic on canvas, gallery-wrapped
30"x40"

Selling My Own Grandmother
Acrylic on wood
24"x18"

The Apparition (Angel Babka Restoring Life to My Friend and Companion, Precious, the Boston Terrier) After Chagall
Acrylic on canvas, gallery-wrapped
24"x30"
SOLD

Self-Portrait
with Indian Cellphone Dancer
Acrylic on masonite, hand-framed
25.5"x32"

Self-Portrait
with Backwards Arm
Acrylic on paper, framed
15x11"
NFS

Wolf at the Door
Acrylic on paper, unframed
9"x11"
NFS

Fishing Is Lousy in the Other World
Acrylic on masonite, hand-framed
35"x23.5"
NFS