LUMEN 6.2 (2001) Oil on Canvas - 48” x 42” From an idea I had been carrying around in my head since the late '70s. “Lumen” is a word with multiple meanings (light, cavity, window) and all the paintings in this series deliberately make use of them. In each one, there is a figure struggling to reach the light, seemingly trapped in a closed-in space by insurmountable obstacles. https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lumen-62/ #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fineart #lumen