A glowing white and red figure hunched against a black textured background.

What Words Couldn’t Say

What Words Couldn’t Say is a growing collection of abstract paintings by Michael Sanders, exploring grief, faith, tension, and transformation through texture, color, and gesture. This collection includes mixed media and acrylic paintings ranging from minimal silhouettes to symbolic explosions of form— born from prayer, pressure, and process.

Hand on a grayscale body with pink paint streaks resembling claw marks.

Claw Marks & Veil— Paint on Photograph

A spray-painted silhouette sequence captures ghost-like figures in motion. This piece by Michael Sanders explores identity, anonymity, and memory.

Semblance— Spray Paint on Photograph

Two painted hands—one blue, one black—reaching toward each other across a fiery background.

She Thinks it’s Mommy’s Finger— Acrylic on Canvas

Abstract blue artwork with sweeping marks, evoking motion and pressure

Megapherio— Intaglio Printmaking

The Mean End Justified— Watercolor

A red figure of Christ stretched on a gray-and-black abstract background.

It is Finished— Acrylic on the Back of a Canvas

A colorful phoenix with flame-like feathers and a burning trail descending toward a tiny tower.

Rolling Through the West— Acrylic on Canvas

A curled stag sleeping beneath trees under a dappled blue and gold sky.

Laid Down to Rest— Acrylic on Canvas

A glowing white and red figure hunched against a black textured background.

Pressed— Collage & Acrylic on Canvas

The Great Reversal

The Stings of Shreve