Michael K. Davenport Art

Original Work

Originals

Large-scale mixed media paintings and installation-informed works exploring masculinity, vulnerability, queer identity, desire, humor, and tenderness.

Available Originals

Original Artwork

(MEN)agerie

Available - $2,899

(MEN)agerie

Acrylic on Canvas | 60" w x 48" h

  • 2025

This piece is a deep dive into my obsession—not just with the male form, but with the many faces of masculinity. MENagerie is my personal collection of love, lust, and longing, inspired by the word’s original meaning: a collection of wild animals. It’s a reminder that beneath all our layers, we’re still beautifully animalistic at […]

A bird in the hand

Available - $870

A bird in the hand

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 24" h x 36" w

  • 2024

At first glance, this piece is playful, but there’s a lot more happening beneath the surface. The title, A Bird In The Hand, nods to the familiar saying while also winking at the less subtle nickname for a rooster. I enjoy hiding those little moments of humor in my work, especially when they can exist […]

Benighted & Bloom

Acquired for Private Collection

Benighted & Bloom

Pastel on Watercolor Paper | 22" x 30"

  • 2023

This piece plays with the contrast between what is visible and what is experienced. The bright, surreal colors are fully exposed to the viewer, while the figure can only see darkness, hidden behind something beautiful. The loose floral patterning creates movement throughout the background without pulling attention away from the subject. It is about beauty, […]

Blue Spiral & Red Ball

Available - $444

Blue Spiral & Red Ball

Acrylic and Pastel on Watercolor Paper | 22" x 30"

  • 2023

Everyone has that moment where the spiral gets louder than everything else. It grows until it fills your entire field of vision, making it hard to see anything beyond the thoughts pulling you in. Even something as simple and bold as a bright red ball can disappear behind the weight of it all. This piece […]

Deep Breath

Acquired for Private Collection

Deep Breath

Acrylic on Canvas | 11" x 14"

  • 2024

Deep Breath started as a quick study, but ended up feeling like it was about that split second where you pause and don’t quite know what’s happening next. It could be relief, anticipation, exhaustion, or something else entirely. I like leaving that open. This was also a chance to play with neon and fluorescent paints while […]

Dripping

Available - $1,748

Dripping

Acrylic on Canvas | 36" w x 48" h

  • 2025

This piece was pure joy to create—an exploration of desire, indulgence, and playful double meanings. The work balances lustful gluttony with an abundance of sweetness, mixing abstraction with flashes of realism, and pushing neon brights against sharp contrasts. There are quiet nods to queer culture and history woven in, along with a tribute to one […]

Embrace & Envy

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Embrace & Envy

This piece lives somewhere between being held and being haunted. It’s about abundance and loss, the people who move through our lives, and the marks they leave behind. The hands aren’t physical handprints so much as memories. Some offered comfort, some created distance, but each one became part of the story. I intentionally kept the […]

Find & Explore

Acquired for Private Collection

Find & Explore

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 24" x 36"

  • 2024

Find & Explore began with a reference photo by my friend TJ Mundell, but my goal was never to recreate it exactly. Instead, I used it as a starting point to explore expressive mark making, exaggerated color, and moments of abstraction. I wanted the work to feel energetic and alive, with bold patterns and layered surfaces […]

Freckled & Divided,

Acquired for Private Collection

Freckled & Divided,

Acrylic and Pastel on Hardboard | 20" x 16"

  • 2024

Freckled & Divided is an exploration of contrast and connection. Bold color, layered marks, and scattered freckles come together to celebrate the individuality written across every face. This piece began as an experiment in process, giving me the freedom to trust intuition over planning, and it became one of my favorite surprises.

Gilded Fangs & Fasteners

Acquired by Private Collection

Gilded Fangs & Fasteners

Pastel on Watercolor Paper | 30" x 22"

  • 2024

This piece started on a found print of metal fasteners. I loved the warm orange tones and the idea of layering gold teeth over an image already filled with metal. It felt like a fun collision of materials that naturally belonged together. The fingers are intentionally pulling the mouth open just a little wider than […]

Handful

$333

Handful

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 4 Panels - Each 8 x 10

  • 2024

Handful is a small polyptych that let me focus on mark making, pattern, and the human figure in a more intimate way. I liked the idea that even something simple becomes heavy if you hold it out long enough. That physical feeling became a metaphor for the emotional weight we all carry. The forms have a […]

LEft Is Right

Acquired for Private Collection

LEft Is Right

Acrylic and Oil Pastels on Canvas | 30" x 24"

  • 2024

Left Is Right explores the tension between identity, expectation, and self-expression through a balance of realism and abstraction. Moments of detailed rendering act as anchors before giving way to playful mark-making, allowing the process itself to become part of the story. Throughout the piece, familiar symbols take on layered meanings: a left ear piercing referencing outdated […]

Left on Red & Shame on Me

Acquired by a Private Collector

Left on Red & Shame on Me

Acrylic and Pastel on Watercolor Paper | 30" w x 22" h

  • 2023

Left on Red & Shame On Me explores the awkward, familiar feeling of wanting connection and mistaking attention for intimacy. An attractive man dressed as a clown becomes a stand-in for the performances we put on for love, waiting for texts, chasing validation, and eventually realizing we were entertaining someone who never planned to stay.

Looking

Available - $2899.00

Looking

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 48" w x 60" h

  • 2025

Looking is a 48 × 60 inch original mixed media painting by contemporary artist Michael K. Davenport. Created with acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, the work explores themes of queer identity, masculinity, vulnerability, and self-perception through a balance of expressive figurative painting and abstraction. Inspired by reflections on personal security and insecurity within relationships, […]

Natural Sugar & Regret

Acquired for Private Collection

Natural Sugar & Regret

Pastels on Blue Watercolor Paper | 22" x 30"

  • 2024

This work is based on my favorite muse, but it is also a portrait of home. Our kitchen tile, my husband, and the shadow of our houseplant stretching across the wall from the streetlight outside all became part of the composition. It captures one of those quiet moments that feels ordinary until you realize it’s […]

Right is Wrong

Available - $870

Right is Wrong

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 24" x 36"

  • 2024

Right Is Wrong grew out of a childhood memory that stayed with me for decades. At seven years old, I was told that piercing my right ear meant I was telling the world I was gay, so I pierced my left instead. Even then, I knew I was different. Decades later, I almost exclusively wore my […]

Self Portrait: A Small Town Queer Kid

Acquired by a Private Collector

Self Portrait: A Small Town Queer Kid

Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Canvas | 36" w x 48" h

  • 2025

There were old photos of me—one in hunting gear, another in my mom’s heels. I wanted to be just like my parents. But I was also just… me. In high school, my house was shot at. So was my best friend’s. We were both gay, but not out. It was a hate crime, even if […]

Show & Tell

Acquired for Private Collection

Show & Tell

Acrylic on Hardboard | 16" x 20"

  • 2024

Show & Tell explores the feeling of believing you have something worth sharing with the world, only to question whether it is really as special as you hoped. It may still be beautiful, vulnerable, and meaningful, but there is always that quiet voice wondering if anyone else sees it the same way. There are obvious sexual […]

SUNFLOWER

Acquired for Private Collection

SUNFLOWER

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 11" x 14"

  • 2024

There’s something about Sunflower that has really stayed with me. It’s one of those smaller pieces that somehow feels like it has a big personality. It sits right in the middle of a lot of what I love exploring in my work. Masculinity and softness. Playfulness and vulnerability. Chaos and calm. Living in Kansas, it’s hard not […]

The Bull

Acquired for Private Collection

The Bull

Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | 8" x 10"

  • 2024

Just a moment. A memory. Someone who mattered. The stars never quite aligned, but maybe they were never supposed to. Some people stay with us anyway.

Two Toned & Tools

Available - $333

Two Toned & Tools

Pastel on Watercolor Paper | 23" x 17"

  • 2024

This piece started with a found print that already had its own history, and I liked the idea of adding another layer to it instead of covering it up. I kept the color palette simple so the portrait would stand out while still letting the original print peek through. The everyday tools scattered throughout the […]

Untitled (da boys)

Artwork

Untitled (da boys)

Mixed Media on Paper | 9" w x 12" h

  • 2025

This untitled mixed media work is part of an ongoing series where I allow myself to experiment without expectations. Created through instinct, curiosity, and play, these pieces are where I explore new materials, marks, color, and ideas that often find their way into my larger paintings and installations. Each work is one of a kind, […]

Untitled (Neon Baddie)

Reserved for Upcoming Exhibition - $123

Untitled (Neon Baddie)

Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper | 9" x 12"

  • 2026

This untitled mixed media work is part of an ongoing series where I allow myself to experiment without expectations. Created through instinct, curiosity, and play, these pieces are where I explore new materials, marks, color, and ideas that often find their way into my larger paintings and installations. Each work is one of a kind, […]

Untitled (Red Background)

Reserved for Upcoming Exhibition - $123

Untitled (Red Background)

Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper | 9" x 12"

  • 2026

This untitled mixed media work is part of an ongoing series where I allow myself to experiment without expectations. Created through instinct, curiosity, and play, these pieces are where I explore new materials, marks, color, and ideas that often find their way into my larger paintings and installations. Each work is one of a kind, […]

Untitled (side boob)

Acquired by Private Collector

Untitled (side boob)

Mixed Media on Canvas | 9" x 12"

  • 2025

This untitled mixed media work is part of an ongoing series where I allow myself to experiment without expectations. Created through instinct, curiosity, and play, these pieces are where I explore new materials, marks, color, and ideas that often find their way into my larger paintings and installations. Each work is one of a kind, […]

Void & Victor

Available - $555

Void & Victor

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper | 30" x 22"

  • 2024

Void & Victor explores the complicated space between connection and distance. Built through layered abstraction and moments of realism, the work is filled with hidden messages, double meanings, and quiet references that reward a closer look. The title speaks to both absence and resilience. It reflects the shifting nature of friendship, love, and loss, along with […]