Michael Merck

In-the-hand Logic is a single work comprising six canvases made from materials including, but not limited to, the following:

oil, latex, pencil, oil pastel, oil stick, spray paint, lipstick, raw key shavings, egg shells, dental floss, Cherry Chapstick, Aura, roasted pulverized drawing “Hunting in Place,” roasted pulverized drawing “Which One Will the Fountain Bless,” “Five Years of Dust Accumulated Upon Six Surfaces,” coarse ground pepper, coarse kosher salt, “The Last of Fall 2015,” Amber Wave Salve, and roasted pulverized drawing “A Window to Crawl In and Out of”

Michael Merck is a painter currently residing in Ridgewood, Queens. He received a BA in English with a double minor in Film Studies and Philosophy from the University of Iowa in 1998.