Searching for the Light: Windows

Mickos has spent the last two years “Searching for the Light” in various places including Whitewebbs - a stretch of prehistoric woodland to the north of London, composing still lifes in his studio, seeking inspiration from the old masters in the National Gallery and being fascinated by the light inside a box.

(Works are presented here as exhibited on the walls of the J/M Gallery, London, in 2022.)

Cotswolds 01

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Once Upon a Time in Wigan

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Rikki

Searching 06

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs 08

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs 06

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs 32

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Mrs B. Curry

Whitewebbs 02

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs 44

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Amanda

Searching for the Light: Long Wall High

Whitewebbs woodland to the north of London was Mickos' bolthole during the pandemic, having become interested in how the light filtered through the trees defined the forms and sometimes highlighted surprising colours.

Whitewebbs #11

60 x 50cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs #13

50 x 60 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs #30

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Mr M. Bates

Whitewebbs #42

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs #25

50 x 60 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs 21

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Mr. G Hughes

Whitewebbs #35

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs #09

60 x 50 cm Sold, collection of Mr. M. Reynolds.

Whitewebbs #45

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Whitewebbs #22

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Searching for the Light: Long Wall low

The paintings of the light filtering through the trees in Whitewebbs woodland dominate the exhibition and they are complimented by the still lifes that were done when conditions precluded walking in the woodlands.

Mickos is fond of pure bright colours that shine in the light and this is particularly apparent in the floral still lifes that glow with colour.

Whitewebbs 43

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Minorca

30 x 40 cm Sold, collection of Tasos

Lilies 02

30 x 40 cm Sold

Lilies 01

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

My Dead Roses

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Pinks 01

30 x 40 cm Sold, collection of Ms M Ghorab

Pinks 02

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Pinks 03

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Poppies

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Rose

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Roses

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Roses for Apollo

30 x 40 cm Sold, collection of Mr J Corbett

Roses Leicester Square

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Sunflowers 1

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Poinsetta

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Still Life with Bottles

30 x 40 cm Sold, collection of Tasos

Wetlands 03

30 x 40 cm Sold, collection of Ms C Roughton Whyte

Cups on the Floor

30 x 40 cm Available - POA

Searching for the Light: Rear Door wall

Mickos feels that Whitewebbs woodland is retracting into wildness, which he feels is a large part of its beauty.

Whitewebbs #41

60 x 50 cm Available POA

Searching #01

60 x 50 cm Available POA

Two for joy

40 x 30 cm Sold, collection of Ms L Whyte

By the Dawns Early Light

30 x 40 cm Available POA

Searching for the Light: Return Wall

In slight contrast are the mono-coloured bas reliefs inspired by the old master's use of light and form.

Whilst the old masters would use the actual paint to create a three-dimensional effect of form on a flat canvas, Mickos has used light and form to recreate the colours that the old masters used arriving at these sophisticated colours.

The first was inspired by the multitude of colours in the blacks of Rembrandt, other versions followed celebrating the primary and secondary colours of Van Eyck, Velasquez and others.

Coke

60 x 50 cm Available - POA

Dice #01

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Dice #02

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Dice #03

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Dice #04

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Dice #05

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Dice #06

40 x 40 cm Available - POA

Searching for the Light: Cross Wall

The exhibition as a whole treads a fine line between the abstract and the real but the final section with the “Light in a Box” sculptures goes fully abstract with a tsunami of jewel-like colours twinkling in the light.

In these works, Mickos is painting with light in its purest sense relying on the light rather than the pigment spectrum.

Light in a box #01

42 x 30 cm Available POA

Light in the box #02

42 x 30 cm Sold, collection of Ms V,. Heaseman

Light in a Box #03

42 x 30 cm Available POA

Light in a Box #04

42 x 30 Available POA

Selected Works: 2022

Whitewebbs 33

40 x 30cm

Whitewebbs 34

40 x 30 cm

Whitewebbs 36

50 x 60 cm

Whitewebbs 37

50 x 60 cm

Whitewebbs 38

50 x 60 cm

Whitewebbs 39

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 40

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 41

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 42

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 46

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 47

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 48

60 x 50 cm

Seascape 01

60 x 50 cm oil in board

Cotswolds 04

30 x 40 cm oil on canvas board

Pinks 03

30 x 40 cm Oil on canvas board

Sunflowers 03

30 x 40 cm oil on canvas board

Boat 01

50 x 60 cm oil on canvas board

Selected Works: 2021

Untitled

60 x 50 cm

A Piece of Winter Sky Evening

40 x 30 cm

Across a Crowded Field

40 x 30 cm

After the Rain

40 x 30 cm

By the Dawn's Early Light

40 x 30 cm

Calm Seas

60 x 50 cm

Marrianne

50 x 60 cm

Whitewebbs 01

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 03

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 04

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 05

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 07

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 10

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 12

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 14

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 15

40 x 30 cm

Whitewebbs 16

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 17

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 18

40 x 30 cm

Whitewebbs 19

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 20

40 x 30 cm

Whitewebbs 23

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 24

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 26

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 27

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 29

60 x 50 cm

Whitewebbs 31

75 x 60 cm

Syderstone

60 x 50 cm

Wetlands 02

60 x 50 cm

Selected Works: 2017 - 2020

Girl on a Barstool

30 x 40 cm

Tune

40 x 30 cm

Essex Lane at Noon

60 x 50 cm

Grandad's Bridge

60 x 50 cm

Red Square

50 x 60 cm

Electric Night Camden Lock

60 x 45 cm

Flowers 2

60 x 45 cm

Norfolk 1

60 x 50 cm

Norfolk 2

50 x 60 cm

Dolphins

60 x 60 cm

Florence Roofs

70 x 50 cm

Searching 01

60 x 50 cm

Still Life

60 x 45 cm

Selected Works: 2013 - 2016

Bananas and Apples

40 x 30 cm

Boy

20 x 25 cm

Coming to America

60 x 45 cm

Tiger

60 x 45 cm

Nikola's Bouquet

60 x 45 cm

Peaches, Plums and Grapes

60 x 45 cm

Still Life with Pears

60 x 45 cm

The Other End of the Lounge

60 x 45 cm

The Studio Door

60 x 45 cm

Essex Fields

25 x 20 cm

Essex Village

25 x 20 cm

For Coffee

74 x 51 cm

Freya Dance

30 x 40 cm

London, New York, Paris

60 x 50 cm

Monday Afternoon 3:00 PM

40 x 30 cm

Night Shops

74 x 51 cm

Self Portrait

60 x 45 cm

Shop Chipping Ongar

74 x 51 cm

St. Paul's Pizza

74 x 51 cm

The Drawing Room

Drawing is one of Mickos’ first loves where the light and form is captured in its rawest sense as tonal divisions.

Selected works 2023

Coffee and lemons 40 x 30 cm

Irises 40 x 30 cm

Apples 40 x 30 cm

Cups 40 x 30 cm

Bouquet 30 x 40 cm

Forest path 25 x 20 cm

Forest path 02 25 x 20 cm