Michael Banks 16x20 "Half Seen" Mixed Media Portrait WP6418

This bold mixed-media portrait by Alabama outsider artist Michael Banks combines painted and layered elements to create a striking, highly abstracted face. Blocks of deep red and blue divide the features, while a single sharply defined green eye emerges from the composition. A white geometric form along the upper edge and the figure’s bright green clothing add further contrast against the warm yellow ground. The piece is wood on canvas.

Banks’ characteristic incised lines, rough surfaces, and visible construction give the work a raw, tactile quality. Rather than creating a conventional likeness, he builds the face through color, shape, texture, and asymmetry, producing a portrait that is both mysterious and immediately engaging.

The piece is 16" wide and 20" tall.

Ships with tracking and insurance for $25 within the continental US.