Art for After Hours: Street Painting Artist Michael Macaulay

STREET PAINTING ARTIST: MICHAEL MACAULAY

Artist Statement

Michael Macaulay’s love for drawing began when he first picked up a pencil at a very early age. Since that time, he has continuously developed his artistic skills, excelling in works on paper, canvas, walls, and on asphalt surfaces for street paintings nationwide. Michael’s 3-D street paintings designs range in subject matter from sports and superheroes to classic reproductions and customized event themes.

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Street painting variation of 'Angels' by Michael Macaulay for Artisphere 2009 in South Carolina. This 9' x 10' street painting took 2 and 1/2 to complete, about 20 hours of work. Detail from 'La Madonna Sistina'; original painting by Raphael.

3-D Joker & Batman street painting by Michael Macaulay for the Harvard Square Mayfair in Cambridge, MA - 2008. This street painting was 10' x 12' and took 5 hours to complete. Original design by Michael Macaulay.

3-D Superman street painting by Michael Macaulay for the Syracuse Arts & Craft Festival - 2006. This street painting was 5' x 8', took 6 hours to complete and won the People's Choice Award. Original design by Michael Macaulay.

'Undiscovered' 3D street painting by Michael Macaulay for the "Eye Spy, Playing with Perception" event at the Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - 2010. Size 8' x 8', original design by Michael Macaulay. This indoors street painting was so well received that it stayed on exhibition for 2 weeks after the event.

3-D Street painting by Michael Macaulay for a tradeshow in New Orleans - 2009. This street painting, featuring a new medical device and New Orleans elements, took 3 days to complete outside the Convention Center entrance. Size 10' x 16'. Original design by Michael Macaulay.

Michael Macaulay poses with his 3D street painting in Miami, FL - 2010. This street painting, featuring a new medical device and Miami elements, took 3 days to complete outside the Convention Center entrance. Size 10' x 16'. Original design by Michael Macaulay.

3D street painting by Michael Macaulay for a festival in Curacao - 2010.

Original design by Michael Macaulay.

3D street painting by Michael Macaulay for a festival in Curacao - 2010.

Original design by Michael Macaulay. Locals pose with Mike by his street painting.

Selected Highlights include:

3D exhibition street painter (with Anthony Cappetto) of 15' x 20' "Through to the Pacific" at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show - 2011

3D street painting for Dow AgroSciences at the Commodity Classic Tradeshow in Tampa, FL - 2011

Team member of 3D Exhibition street painting team for 'Skullduggery' at the Sarasota International Chalk Festival - 2010

3D Exhibition street painting 'Undiscovered' for the Peabody Essex Museum, MA - 2010.

Corporate 3D street paintings for GE Healthcare in New Orleans and Miami - 2009 & 2010

Featured 3D street painter in Curacao - 2010

An interpretation of the Renaissance masterpiece ‘Angels’ by Raphael at the "Artisphere International Arts Festival" in South Carolina - 2009

A special street painting created on September 11th, 2004, honoring the firefighters in New York City

About Michael’s 3-D Street Paintings

Michael produced his first street painting in May of 2003 as a participant in a local street painting contest in his hometown of East Greenwich, RI. He received tremendous feedback throughout the day from numerous onlookers and ultimately won first place in the contest. From that day, Michael was hooked on street painting. It was such a thrill to create artwork as a performance art while under the close watch of the public eye.

With the growing excitement, enthusiasm, and support at each event that Michael participated in, he tried continuously to challenge himself in new ways. At his next work in Cambridge, MA, Michael incorporated a small surface pothole into his artwork as it became the open mouth of a baseball player sliding into home plate. The “blemish” in the pavement became the topic of discussion that day. Again, Michael was awarded for his efforts. Michael still enjoys creatively incorporating existing pavement cracks and flaws into his street paintings whenever it works well.

In 2005, Michael then started incorporating 3-D street paintings into his repertoire; the first being a street painting of Superman busting up through the pavement. This piece was featured in the Providence Journal; much more press coverage soon followed. He has developed more of a following with each street painting that he has created; Michael’s art has further developed as he pushes himself to perform at a higher standard with every artistic opportunity.

3-D Street Paintings

3D Street Painting by Michael Macaulay for the Commodity Classic Tradeshow in Tampla, FL - 2011. The 3D street painting celebrated the launch of 'Enlist', a new product for the farming industry by Dow AgroSciences. This 10' x 16' street painting took 2 & 1/2 days to complete. Viewers posed hanging on to the corn tassels for photos.

Halloween 2010: Florida, Oct 28th through 31st, 2010: The Art for After Hours team of Anthony Cappetto, Michael Macaualy, and Shawn McCann created a 20 x 40 foot, 3D anamorphic street painting in a four day period with a dramatic Halloween theme called 'Skull Duggery'. No tricks, just treats for the viewers who got to see this being created live!

This 20' x 40' Halloween themed piece was a featured street painting at the festival and took about 100 hours of work total. The Art for After Hours team of Anthony Cappetto, Michael Macaualy (left), and Shawn McCann created this 3D anamorphic street painting in a four day period with a dramatic Halloween theme. The artists pose with the art work in progress.

3D Street Painting 'Through to the Pacific' by Michael Macaulay (right) and Anthony Cappetto (left) for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. This 3D interpretation of the Currier & Ives lithograph 'Through to the Pacific' tied in with a Currier & Ives exhibition at the Springfield Museum. This street painting was created indoors on a 15' x 20' platform and took the two artists 3 1/2 days to complete - March 2011.

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