Mike Willcox | Particl Company Profile

Life lately... Lots of comedy writing + painting + music + working on the house + future planning + boat when I can.

The song I used at the end of Kathy Anne was written and recorded in that Air Bnb. I take my recording stuff with me everywhere. I lived over 30 different places that year. All over Florida, Nashville, and California. This was a single with a bonus instrumental released on Valentines in 2020. Some Other Lives ( Sol ) and Lovely Utopian Nocturnal Animals ( Luna ) ;) 🌞🌝 That Airbnb is also where I designed the Red Herring Mural and finished the work for my Art Exhibit at Sotheby’s just before I moved away. A fruitful and chaotic time. Let me know if u like these song stories I have plenty more. The host left me a bad review bc I moved the microwave cuz I wasn’t using it. Lyrics: Some things gotta take their time to align But then there’s nothin better So tell me in some other lives Did I make u mine? It’s easy to believe it Somethin has been on my mind For quite some time How to make this last forever Sweet freedom and eternity Meant to be Lots of new music coming this summer. 🎸

🙃Lookin good. Feelin good.

In honor of the Kentucky Derby tonight 🐎 Last one is a work in progress.

Today & Tomorrow - only time to get the Gold First Edition Tarot & Oracle. If there are any left they will not be available again until a much later date. 🗝️

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Today marks 100 years since The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative & Industrial Arts. The Art Deco style had already been forming throughout the 1910s, but this was its grand entrance to the world. It showcased the highest caliber sculptors, glassworkers, ironworkers, painters, jewelers, furniture makers, and designers of the time. And in grand fashion as the exhibition grounds themselves were extremely cool. I’m a longtime lover and student of this era. My teachers are the hundreds of monumentally sharp artists that made it what it was. I’m humbly doing my best to carry the torch by studying all of it deeply. Learning everything I can about the way they made things and building out the resources to keep it all alive. One of my favorite things about Art Deco is that in it you can see the ancient cultural influence blended with a future vision. That combination has made it something timeless and eternal. (And actually how I fell into it naturally - studying ancient cultures just as they did) Art Deco also aligns with my values - in that the artists and craftsmen of that generation were highly skilled, the patrons had vision and recognized the value of prestige in our buildings, cars, clothing, artworks, etc. A beautiful moment in time aesthetically, but also hand in hand with some of the darkest times the world has seen. Which is often when great beauty emerges and prevails. Here are a few of my pieces that live in that realm.

The Entanglement of Love & Freedom 🌬️🏹⛲️

🐳🍐⛧⛓️🐚🐠 It is the 6 year Anniversary of Interior Decorating with Kathy Anne.

Every card from the Tarot & Oracle deck.

Started this one last year. Then it sat for a long time. Just picked it back up this last week. Almost finished. Quite a lot going on in this one. 🌬️🐚💘⛲️

I was commissioned a few months ago to do a large mural in the Rockefeller center. One of the greatest collections of Art Deco in the world and the home to SNL. It was important to me to make something that felt in line with the other works in the building (which are monumental and made by heroes of mine) I was adamant not to compromise on the integrity of what I would be putting next to them. This design you see here was just a study for what was to be a 30ft wide 9 panel painted installation. (I wanted to do a relief sculpture or mosaic but the client was super short on time) I gave them a few more options that felt true to the building but they ended up changing directions completely halfway through the process. C’est la vie. Diego Rivera also made a mural for that building that was never exhibited, although for other reasons altogether. 🌞