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 Works are available for sale at:
            Artsy                                                    
https://www.artsy.net/search?term=Michael%20DalCerro
           ODETTA Digital                                   https://www.shhhim.com/odetta
            1stdibs                                                     https://www.1stdibs.com/search/art/prints-works-on-paper/?q=odetta
         Pierogi Gallery Flat Files                         https://flatfiles.pierogi2000.com

    My prints could be seen as imaginary architectural proposals. Architecture, something that is supposed to be exact, becomes something that is improbable. Cities are evolutionary creations that are the result of both chance and careful planning. The same kinds of creative contradictions are a source of inspiration for me.                                    
     In my recent work I have created a series of woodcut and linocut prints of imaginary transit stations. My fictitious urban spaces are portrayed with assertive colors, hard-edge geometric and biomorphic shapes in a dynamic multi-layered space. This series explores a range of issues: urban planning or lack thereof, overdevelopment and the commercialization and commodification of public space, what green rooftops might look like, and envisioning renewable energy in urban environments. The visual storytelling in this series is informed by my experience using public transportation both here and abroad. Seeing the ultra modern and architecturally stunning train stations in the Netherlands made a big impression on me. Futuristic train stations and classic, well preserved older train stations are an expression of civic pride.                                                                                                                                                                            The imagery and vocabulary of forms I employ in my work are the result of working from observation, imagination, preparatory drawings and the printmaking process. Some of the preparatory drawings are drawn with Affinity Designer and some are drawn with a pencil on paper, usually it is a combination of both.                                                           
       My approach to printmaking has a wide range of sources and influences, from early 20th century German Expressionist architects, painters and printmakers, to Japanese woodblock prints. Popular culture, such as movies and comic books also inform my work.
About the work
    Most of the prints are made with oil base inks and are printed on a variety of paper including; kozo, mulberry, Arches Cover and Rives BFK. 
 The prints with an image size of  24" x 18" are on a 30" x 22" sheet. The 20” x 15” image size prints are on a  26” x 19.5” sheet. The prints with an image size of 15.75” x 12” are on a 19” x 15” sheet of paper.  The prints are an edition of ten with two artist’s proofs. Many of the works here are for sale at Artsy.net   Use the link above or search "Michael DalCerro" on Artsy. I can be contacted at [email protected]
        


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