MIKE Green is a Mornington Peninula-based self-taught representational artist who works across painting and printmaking. He has a new exhibition at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery featuring a print portfolio he generously donated to the Gallery’s collection. Standing on the inside (Prints 1980 – 1991) presents a selection from this body of work. The etchings, lithographs and screenprints depict a range of semi-abandoned, ageing and intimate interior spaces, within homesteads, houses and beach boxes; many are the fruit of Mike’s epic journeys throughout rural and urban Australia, Boston and beyond.
Alive with the possibility of artistic adventure; the prints highlight Mike’s technical skill and experimentation, his preoccupation with light, space, colour and our built environment. Born in New Zealand in 1945, arriving in Australia in 1949, Mike has exhibited in significant contemporary art galleries from the late 1960s into the 1980s when this portfolio was created. He has had an active career inside the art world, whilst mainly moving at its periphery.
Mike has travelled extensively over several decades, living on the Mornington Peninsula for over forty years with his wife Janet. MPRG is excited to present these works for the first time, as part of their local focus series of exhibitions.
Head to the MPRG website to find out more about their autumn exhibitions, including Deborah Kelly’s CREATION and an exhibition of local VCE students titled New Wave 23. They also have an exciting program of school holiday workshops and an immersive ceremonial music and dinner experience with Deborah Kelly at Beleura House and Garden.