Mike Hascall

Big news for 2025.

Legacy Housecleaning for Artists,

my ‘give-it-all-away’ exhibit,

was an big success.

I gave away 50 years of my artwork (everything from my storage) to the Seattle non-profit art center, Common Area Maintenance. No strings attached. When they auctioned the artwork (164 works and everything sold) it brought them almost $13,000.00.

I found out that people really do like my work. I was never sure because much of it had been on gallery walls but not sold. Even the largest works, 10 x 14 ft, 9 x 7 ft, and 2 @ 8 x 8 ft found happy buyers. Plus, I had a 50 year retrospective, which almost never happens. Plus, plus, I no longer pay $5,000 a year for storage.

Very satisfying.

Views from the exhibit that took place June 13 to July 11, 2025 at 2609 First Ave, Seattle. (Scroll with arrows)

Figurative painting is the earliest, 1974
1974 drawings
Late 1970's
1979 on right, 1981 on left
Early 1980's
Both 1982
'Large Fire', 1983, 96x96"
'Laced Fingers', 1985, 96x96"
We even used the floor of the office space
Mid- 1980's
Martin Selig Real Estate loaned the space. Small offices became galleries.
Mid 1980's
'Night Arrangement', 1986, 9x7 ft.
Both 1987
'Lines From the Real World', 1988, 10x14ft
Center image back wall was commissioned as a poster in 1990 by the Corporate Council for the Arts. (detail following)
Early 2000's
Recent paintings
Plant Man Aria, 2024, 42x50"
Recent work
Recent work

Details of works from the exhibit

Come A Little Bit Closer, 1981, 54x66"
Black Drawing Hand, 1983, 28x28"
Cryptic Arrangement, 1985, 42x42"
River of Light, 1987, 84x72"
Robot Draftsman, 1988, 42x72" (detail)
Red Trees, 1989, 44x48"
Reptile, 1989, 70x70"
Two Lines: One Real, One Imaginary, 1990, 36"diam.
Lines With Sunset, 1990, 50x48". (Purchased by Dennis Evans and Nancy Mee it will eventually be in the Seattle University collection)
Light in the Forest, 1991, 37x37"
Legit Landscape, 1993, 26x24"
Untitled (Green and Lavender), 2007, 46x33"
Plant Man, 2023, 18x24"