Michael Angelo Gagliardi. Artist and Explorer

Recent Studio Artwork, 2001 to present

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Paintings & Sculptures

Rants and Raves

Drawings Taken From the Postings on Chicago Craigslist Rants and Raves

4 AM Version 4.5	Study For CL Series	Study For CL Series 2
Study For CL Series 3	She Looked Out From Behind Her Red Nails…	Last Light
Medusa 4.0	Medusa 4.2	Mona Lisa 3.0
Mona Lisa Version 3.5	Then She Looked Back…	Then She Saw Him…
Wendy's Open Late Night…	Woman Ascending Stairs…

Drawings Done on the Road: Cleveland

She Could Hear Her Angels No More…	Synergy On Sixth Street…	Perfect light for Pygmalion Dreams…
Entwined…	Her Life Was A Balance…

Drawings Done on the Road: Cincinnati

Her Angels Went Silent…

Ryan Weeps…

A Minotaur Dies in an Arena's Sweat. His Blood Runs Sticky, His Tears wet. The Earth And The Cheers Deafen His Ears…

Drawings Done on the Road: Tempe

And A Thousand Ships Were Launched…	Lover's Touch On Angel's Wings	Michele Waits…
Sarah Faces Another Day…	She Lays In The Moonlight Like Loves Lost Wet Dream…	Spirit Brings Life…

Drawings Done on the Road: San Francisco

Portrait Of Ms Natasha Strange	Harry Backman Man and Machine	Angel in Moonlight
Claire Was Always Grateful For Her Meds…	Goddess By Moonlight	Group Portrait with Woman and Her Personal Demons
Her Memory Drifted Back Like a Whiff of Jasmine On the Breeze	Moon Goddess	Mother and Child (Leda and Helen) In The Moonlight
She Keeps Me Warm When My Soul Grows Cold…

Drawings Done on the Road: Los Angeles (City of Angels)

The Gemini Waits…	Morning Broke…	Sara Hid in The Basement…
She Rose Like A Phoenix Off the Hot Asphalt…	Ain't No Good Ever Came From No Golden Apple…	Untitled
Leda Before The Swan…	Moonlight Bathed Helen's Breast…	Morning Broke for Rebecca…
Reentry Is Always The Hardest part…	Three Pennies In A Beggars Bowl. Taxman Always Gets His Share…	Angel: Portrait of the Artist
Lovers Lair…	Shug Avery That's What I Am talking About…	Christina's In Her World…
Achilles And Hector	Out Of The Ashes Rose An Angel	She Rose Above Me Like A Phoenix At Dusk
Angels Fall But They Get Right Back Up Again…	At The End Of The Road A Neon Angel Watched And Waited…	Composition on Orange Paper with Angel…
Embers Glowed And An Angel Rose…	He Hit Hard, Got Bloodied Then Stood Back Up…	He woke Blinded By A Liquor Store Light

Sweet Home Chicago

Down Boy, NOW Heel…	Her Song Was Sweet…	Little Sisters Always Get Left Behind…
Morning Light Bathed Her Bright…	My Soul Rested…	Sara Cried…
She Was Smoking Hot…	She Danced To The Rhythm of Neon Lights	Soon…
The Dance Of Ying And Yang…	The Joint Went Quiet When Molly Strutted On Stage…	Broadway Cares - Jersey Boys - Chicago Company
The Priestess Sees Your Soul…	Ulysses… Returns From The Underworld…	Then The Soldiers Came…
Altarpiece To The Gods Of Spin	Altarpiece To The Gods Of Spin (detail)	Cave Wall Abstraction #1 (frontal view)
Cave Wall Abstraction #1 (side view)	Sump Diver (front view)	Sump Diver (full view)
We Look in on Momma From Time to Time	9-12-01 Momma The World Changed Yesterday…	Both Angels And Devils Befriend Lost SoulS&Hellip;
She Rose in the Morning and Drew Water From The Well…	Leda After The Swan	Female Figure #3
Sara Hid…	I found my angel for just one night, Tear stained pasties, broken neon light…	An Angel Danced on A smoked filled stage…
Did She fall or Did I push…	Old Man Plays Tambourine Against the Walls of His House that is No More…	She Came…
The Stranger Turned…	Claudia's Flowers Open at Dusk…	Jesse Stood at Her Window…
Angela Trusted Him. Angela Fell…	Dusty Just Looked Away…	Mary Never Left His Side…
She Always Loved Window Shopping…	Angels Never Were Aero-Dynamic…	Slaughtered Fowl
Are Pigeons Just Doves That Have Fallen…	Angel Came, I Obeyed…	My Fall Was a Swan Dive…
Angels Sometimes Fall…	Portrait of the Artist As a Minotaur	Self-Portrait by Window
Leda & the Swan	Anemone	Anemone
Deco Diver Study 5	Devil's Deco	Deco Diver
Study for Deco Diver 1	Study for Deco Diver 2