Poetic and serene, the paintings of the Marocco-born artist Michael Onona is a series of interesting works about vulnerability, personality and courage. Mostly well executed and composed, the paintings strip men and women of their props and clothes to show the human being behind. A fat transvestite, a sleeping baby, a nude woman with wings are all respectfully presented as interesting and real persons. Some of the (preumably older) paintings have a less certain painterly style, but all in all the body of work is well worth a look.

The very simple and stark web site makes the art easy to persue, even though one could get a better impression of the artworks by presenting them at a larger size.

I rate the Michael Onona web site four out of 6 stars, you can visit the online gallery by clicking here.