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Mike Worrall<br />
The enigmatic, dreamlike paintings of Mike Worrall are often inspired by historical themes.<br />
Informed by his work in film, Worrall deals with the sublime in his hyperreal depictions of<br />
the mysterious. As in a dream, the quiet façade and the beauty of the large scale oil paintings<br />
masks the intriguing content and enormous energy underpinning the works.<br />
Mike Worrall<br />
Based on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia, Mike has been a practicing artist since the<br />
early 60s and exhibits both locally and internationally.<br />
Mike Worrall<br />
Mike is also represented in Paris, France and is a permanent artist at La Galerie L’Oeil Du<br />
Prince, Located at no 30 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris, France.<br />
“I have been painting since the early 1960’s and am almost entirely self taught. I still retain the<br />
basic technique and style developed in these early years. I am committed to exploring the subconscious<br />
and I like Paul Delvaux and Max Ernst amongst others.<br />
Mike Worrall artist<br />
I’ve worked in the feature film industry as an Ideas Artist. You can see my work on Alien III<br />
website. I was told by Roman Polanski that a painting of mine he had, gave him the idea of making<br />
the film Macbeth. He based the second scene on the painting. I have works in the collections<br />
of Victor Lownes, Alan Price of the Animals, Roman Polanski, Nicholas Roeg, Vincent Ward,<br />
Alex Proyas and many others.<br />
Since moving to Australia in 1988, I’ve exhibited regularly with Wagner Gallery Sydney, and<br />
have a one man show every two years.<br />
As a child I was always intrigued by paintings involving some sought of mystery element. So I<br />
have tended to be drawn in this direction myself. Get the viewer guessing and wondering what<br />
it’s about! Quite often I’m not sure myself but for some inexplicable reason it might work as a<br />
picture. I might not understand it myself even. It may be an expression on a face or just a pose or<br />
location.<br />
I’m a firm believer that I should not have to attempt to explain the enigma to people and that the<br />
picture should retain some mystery for a lasting interest. This I hasten to add is not so with all<br />
work off course! I’m only referring to my surreal content paintings!<br />
I’m interested in Dreams and Subconscious thoughts and the weirdness of how we go from one<br />
thought to another in an almost drifting process. Dreams are a great source of material for me.<br />
Not that I wake up and paint the dream that I may have had, even if I could remember it, I’d<br />
then have to most likely make up the details. My paintings are more deliberate and constructed<br />
with the element of change.<br />
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