Michael Potts | Where conscious and subconscious meet…

Where conscious and subconscious meet…
By Michael Potts

“In my ongoing underwater work, I seek moments of sublime peace (that fine line where the conscious and subconscious meet) and creative chaos (where energy is released, that fine line is broken, and the potential becomes kinetic).
I see the water as a metaphor for a dream medium and try to meet my subjects on that boundary, hoping to take the viewer from tranquil peace to a burst of creation and back again. I think these dreamlike images may have been influenced by my desire to change my life direction, move from the chaos of the path I’d chosen, and find the peace of the path not taken.”

• Mike Potts

Michael Potts

Mike Potts is a highly respected and accomplished photographer whose work has earned him numerous prestigious awards. Some of his accolades include winning First Place at the Louisville Art Assoc 2024 International Competition and Photography Show, as well as receiving First Place at the (B&W) Photo Artfolio Beauty Illuminated. In addition, he has also been honored with First Place and Silver Awards in Portraits Monochrome 2023 Awards at the Black & White Photo Awards 2023 and secured Second Place at the Portraits Monochrome 2023 Awards for Nude, Amateur.
Mike’s talent has been recognized with the First Place award at the DeWitt County Shutterbugs 2023 and as the Winner of the London Int’l Creative Competition 2023 40th Ann.

Mike grew up in Pennsylvania, and in 2005, he moved to Arizona, where he’s rarely cold and doesn’t have to shovel snow. He graduated from Bucknell University with a  major in English and a minor in Chemistry and is still wondering what to do with them.  
Mike currently works as a nuclear medicine technologist, so he has someone to talk to.
This lets him photograph on the side without having to live on ramen and sleep on friends’ couches. The rest of his time is devoted to various cats. They don’t like ramen, but they do like couches.  
His ultimate dream is to visit Mars (and ideally make the trip back, too).
In the meantime, he keeps taking pictures.

Website: myq-art.com
email: mrpvisionaries@gmail.com  
Instagram: @MRP_Visionaries
Twitter: @MYQ_Art