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Title of Piece: KATRINA
Artist: Michael Brantley
Size: 24" × 36"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Price: Inquire for price
About the Artist:
Michael Brantley is a contemporary figurative painter whose work explores identity, memory, and cultural legacy through portraiture and narrative imagery. His paintings have been exhibited at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the American Jazz Museum, and other regional institutions throughout Kansas City.
About the Piece:
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a Louisiana street musician prepares his instrument for another day. With hand-painted stars and stripes on his shoes, he pauses in the quiet ritual of cleaning his harmonica. In that fleeting moment between survival and performance, a photograph was taken—preserving a story of resilience, dignity, and the enduring spirit of New Orleans.
Connect!:
Website: michaelbrantleyart.com
Facebook: Artist Michael Brantley
Instagram: @michaelbrantleyart
TikTok: @michaelbrantley13
Title of Piece: KATRINA
Artist: Michael Brantley
Size: 24" × 36"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Price: Inquire for price
About the Artist:
Michael Brantley is a contemporary figurative painter whose work explores identity, memory, and cultural legacy through portraiture and narrative imagery. His paintings have been exhibited at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the American Jazz Museum, and other regional institutions throughout Kansas City.
About the Piece:
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a Louisiana street musician prepares his instrument for another day. With hand-painted stars and stripes on his shoes, he pauses in the quiet ritual of cleaning his harmonica. In that fleeting moment between survival and performance, a photograph was taken—preserving a story of resilience, dignity, and the enduring spirit of New Orleans.
Connect!:
Website: michaelbrantleyart.com
Facebook: Artist Michael Brantley
Instagram: @michaelbrantleyart
TikTok: @michaelbrantley13