The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful

Michael Paul

March 5 - April 16, 2022

Michael Paul "Island in the Forest"
2020 | silver on paper | SOLD
image: 11 x 8" | frame: 19 x 15.5"

Michael Paul "Boulders Gather"
2020 | silver on paper | $1,800.00
image: 9 x 19.5" | frame: 19 x 27.75"

Michael Paul "Listening to the Ice Dance" 2022 | graphite on paper | SOLD
image: 12 x 8" | frame: 20.5 x 16.25"

Michael Paul "Guardian of the St. Croix"
2018 | graphite on paper | SOLD
image: 9.5 x 15.5" | frame: 17 x 23"

Michael Paul "Loons Singing a Quiet Song"
2021 | silver on paper | $1,800.00
image: 10.5 x 19" | frame: 20 x 27.5"

Michael Paul "Long Before There Were Wars"
2021 | silver on paper | SOLD
image: 11 x 15" | frame: 19 x 22.5"

Michael Paul "All the Light We Cannot See"
2019 | silver on paper | SOLD
image: 10 x 8" | frame: 17.75 x 15.5"

Michael Paul "Leviathan"
2021 | graphite on paper | $1,600.00
image: 12 x 15" | frame: 20.5 x 28"

Michael Paul "Plowed Field"
2018 | graphite and charcoal on paper | $900.00
image: 9 x 19" | frame: 17.5 x 27.5"

Michael Paul "Three Farms, Red River Valley"
2019 | silver on paper | $1,400.00
image: 8 x 19.25" | frame: 16.5 x 27.25"

Michael Paul "It Was a Dakota Kind of Summer"
2021 | silver and graphite on paper | $600.00
image: 7.5 x 8.5" | frame: 14.75 x 15.5"

Michael Paul "Pink Cloud"
2021 | gold on paper | SOLD
image: 8 x 10.5" | frame: 15 x 17"

Michael Paul "All the Church Bells Were Broken"
2020 | silver on paper | $600.00
image: 9.75 x 7.25" | frame: 17 x 14.25"

Michael Paul "Outside Shadows Bulged"
2019 | silver on paper | $1,400.00
image: 11 x 16" | frame: 20 x 24.5"

Michael Paul "She is Sometimes There"
2020 | silver on paper | $1,800.00
image: 12 x 18.5" | frame: 20.5 x 27"

Michael Paul "Big Frida"
2021 | silver on paper | $2,200.00
image: 22 x 15" | frame: 30.75 x 23.25"

Michael Paul "The Moon Paled and Held Its' Breath"
2021| graphite on paper | SOLD
image: 10 x 10" | frame: 17 x 17.5"

Michael Paul "The Smell of Rain on a Dusty Summer Day"
2020 | silver and graphite on paper | $900.00
image: 6 x 19" | frame: 16 x 27.25"

Michael Paul "Tony's Tin Shop and the Myra Brothel, Butte, MT"
2019 | graphite on paper | $1,600.00
image: 13.5 x 15.25" | frame: 22 x 23.5"

The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful

Groveland Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful, an exhibition of new drawings by Michael Paul. Paul is best known for his paintings and drawings of the northern Great Plains as well as his use of traditional silverpoint and encaustic materials. His work is included in numerous private and public collections throughout the Midwest, including the North Dakota Museum of Art, Plains Art Museum, the Federal Reserve Bank and Mayo Clinic.

In this show, Paul’s silverpoint drawings focus on the shorelines of Northern Minnesota, expansive Western prairie skies and weathered buildings. His keen eye for detail and atmosphere allows observers to marvel at rock formations protruding from deep water, soft and rolling clouds over the landscape, and textured rural buildings.

About this show, the artist states, “The title of my show reflects the times we live in. We are dealing with huge turn-your-hair-white problems on a global scale, and yet The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful.”

The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful

Michael Paul

The Earth Insists on Being Beautiful

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