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Ice Plant 4, VW Sponsored 36” x 48” Digital Print on German Etch 2014 Ice Plant 10, (reconstructed from unreliable field notes) Dimensions variable Ice, parts, time, and heat A few days in April 2014 Michael Gellatly 28 These constructions are conceptual approaches, part fictional documentation and research, part prophetic illustrations. They continue the work Gellatly has been doing for some years with the notion of botanicals. While addressing the precepts of the Deering Estate at Cutler’s eco art sensibility, the work incorporates ideas that are typical to Southern Florida, yet imply an uncertain time frame. Working mostly from self generated imagery- photos, painting, some found, these works are built in Photoshop. Gellatly has been living and working in Miami for the last 2+ years, having relocated from Connecticut. He has shown regionally as well as nationally in group/solo shows. Gellatly has been the recipient of several artist residencies - Vermont Studio Center '11, Millay Artists Colony '10, and currently a Project Resident under Deering's Eco Art Program. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Pollock/Krasner Grant, and 3 Individual Artist Grants from the state of Connecticut. Gellatly has also been working as a freelance illustrator for the last 20+ years. [email protected] www.bamboo2studio.blogspot.com (Art) • www.michaelgellatly.com (Illustration) Lives and works in Miami, Florida