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Mickart

Paintings, Pastel work and Drawings. Scenes from the natural world, figurative work and abstract des from the University of Nottingham.

Mick Mulcahy is a visual artist living in the North West of England. He works from his studio in Longridge which is situated in the beautiful Ribble Valley. The Inspiration for his work is derived from visiting the places he loves – The Yorkshire Dales, the North Yorkshire Coast, Northumberland and the Lake District. Mick uses a variety of media in his work – When painting he prefers using acrylic

s in a style inspired by both the Divisionist and Fauvist genre. He does however enjoy using pastels due to their tactility and the spontaneity they tend to generate. In all his work Mick thrives on the repetition of shape and pattern found within nature and the element of surprise which the natural world creates and constructs in the most unexpected way. Mick however sometimes deviates from creating images which convey a degree of realism and instead moves towards abstraction. This work is specifically designed to visually enhance the interior spaces in which people live, work and socialise. Mick studied Art and Design, specialising in painting and printmaking at Derby Lonsdale College and was awarded a B.A. After graduating he attended Matlock College of Education in the Peak District where he trained to be an Art teacher. He then went on to teach Art and Design in a number of educational settings in his native South Yorkshire, eventually becoming a secondary school Head of Art. Mick however left South Yorkshire, going over the hill to Lancashire, taking on the role of Coordinating a Creative Arts Faculty in a school in Preston. His final salaried post before taking the plunge to become a full time practising artist was for Adult Mental Health Services as a Development Worker for Community Arts and Education Projects across Central Lancashire. Mick’s work is displayed in numerous public spaces and galleries in Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire and has been purchased by clients and gallery goers from both Britain and the U.S.A. He does however create paintings to specification for business/ leisure/recreational spaces and has been commissioned by various private and public sector organisations.

26/05/2026

Haven't posted for a while. Here is a recently completed geometric/semi cubist still life.

16/04/2026

Here's a recent piece which I developed from a preparatory conti crayon drawing I shared a few weeks ago.
The subject matter for the still life were the objects laying around in my work space. Always an admirer of Picasso and Braque the still life was executed in muted colours in the style of analytical cubism - breaking down objects into distinct areas, or planes in order to show different viewpoints simultaneously within the same space. Pretty pleased with the outcome.

05/03/2026

I haven't posted any of my recent work for quite a number of weeks. The reason being that I've been on a bit of a detour from my usual style of drawing and painting.
I've always been an admirer of both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso during their Cubist period and have been promising myself for a while to go on a little Cubist adventure of my own.
So here is my first attempt. A Cubist drawing, using conti crayon on textured grey ingre paper, of objects laying around in my work space.
Cubism is quite a simple concept. It is about breaking down objects into distinct areas - or planes - in order to show different view points simultaneously and within the same space, whilst suggesting their 3 dimensuonal form.
When teaching I used to try and explain to my students that it was almost like creating sculpture on a 2 dimensional surface and that it was a revolutionary break from the tradition of creating the "illusion" of "real space" from a fixed view point utilising 2 point and 3 point perspective, which had dominated visual representation from the Renaissance onwards.
There were however two specific phases of Cubism - Analytical and Synthetic.
The drawing in this post could be described as Analytical Cubism as it is more austere, monochromatic and made up of an interweaving of planes and lines.
It is a preliminary study which will eventually be taken further and developed into a painting

03/02/2026

The prints of my echinacea flowers have arrived from the printer's so I've spent the last couple of days framing a few for clients who have pre-ordered. I'll be doing a gradual limited edition print run (20 of each image) which will be available for £80 each - including delivery. The image size is A3 (29.5×42cm)and the frame (white) size is 44×55cm. If interested please contact me via Messenger. No pressure but if you could share the post it would be much appreciated.
The echinacea is an amazing flower and is part of the daisy family. There are about 10 species and have the nickname "Coreflowers". I've given them a nickname of my own because I've noticed that when the petals begin to droop they can sometimes resemble badminton shuttlecocks. So I call them "Shuttlecock Flowers".
The whole series was created using acrylic paint and started with a monochrome preparatory study
which developed into me replicating certain sections from this substituting the various tones with colours of my choosing - creating my own fantasy echinaceas.
All the images were created using juxtaposed flat colour with no blending, with each tone being a specific shape. I used to work in a similar way when preparing images for fabric designs for repetitive screen prints.
Hence the final image in the post which was shared a few weeks ago, where I mounted 8 prints on a board (0.8 × 1.2 metres), creating an image which slightly resembles a Warhol repetitive screen print. This one unfortunately is not for sale. It would be too expensive to ship. Hopefully I'll find a home for it in a restaurant, cafe or maybe a garden centre.

06/01/2026

My floral series based on the enchinacea flower is now complete. 4 images in total - A monochrome preparatory study, which formed the basis of the series where I substituted colours of my choosing to create 3 more images. A few weeks ago replica images arrived from the printer's, 8 of which I have mounted on a board (0.8 x 1.2 metres)

27/11/2025

The fourth acrylic painting of this current series is now completed. The series started with a monochrome study of echinacea flowers which some of you may have seen in a previous post.You may have also seen the post where I replicated and enlarged a section from the original study using complementary blues and oranges. With this latest image I have replicated the original monochrome study and substituted the various tones with complementary yellows and purples.

23/10/2025

The third acrylic painting of this current series now completed!!!The series started with a monochrome study of echinacea flowers which some of you may have seen in a previous post. With this current piece I've replicated and enlarged a section from the original study using complementary blues and oranges. I'm working in a very similar way to when I used to create designs for repeat printing on fabric. For the next image in this series I'm planning to use the complementary combination of yellows and purples.

21/09/2025

The second acrylic painting now completed. It's part of a series I'm currently working on which is based on the echinacea flower. I have replicated the image from a monochrome study which some of you may have seen in my previous post several weeks ago. I have, in this current painting, substituted the various tones with colours - greens and pinks.
I will be creating some similar images over the next few months, again using the monochrome study as a starting point: Substituting the various tones with colours of my choosing - creating my own fantasy echinaceas

11/08/2025

I've decided to work on a specific theme for my next series of paintings and also cease working in oil for a while and go back to my preferred medium when painting - Acrylics.
I've also decided to shelve working in the Divisionist style (but not permanently) and
instead apply paint in blocks of flat colour with a bit of blending - instead of dots of paint and the optical mixing associated with Divisionism.
My intention is to create some floral images based on the echinacea flower which tends to bloom from mid to late summer. Echinacea is part of the daisy family. There are about 10 species in all, which have the nickname "coreflowers". I have given them a nickname of my own because I've noticed that when the petals begin to droop they can sometimes resemble badminton shuttlecocks. So I call them "shuttlecock flowers".
The image in this particular post is an acrylic monochrome preparatory study. I intend to replicate sections from this image throughout the series, substituting the various tones with colours of my choosing - creating my own fantasy echinaceas.

07/07/2025

LIMITED EDITION MOUNTED AND FRAMED PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE - £80 each including delivery. The image size of each print is A3 (29.5cm x 42 cm) and the frame (white) is 44cm x 54 cm. IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA MESSENGER. PLEASE SHARE.
These paintings, created over the past year, are part of a series entitled "THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE" and have been executed using the Divisionist (Pointillist) style of the late 19th Century Post Impressionist artists, George Seurat and Paul Signac.
These painters divided colours into pure pigments and applied small touches of pure hues gradually building them up to create an effect known as " optical mixing", in which dots of colour appear to merge into hues and tones.
Divisionism requires a gradual and lengthy approach to painting, different to the rapid ex*****on appropriate to Impressionism. These images therefore attempt to create a timeless scene where everything seems frozen or permanent rather than trying to capture the fleeting moment of Impressionism.

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