Mike Piggott

M ike P igg ot t

14 August — 27 September 2026

M ike P ig g o t t C aro l ’s C ab in

MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY WEST

C aro l ’s C ab in Carol’s

Cabin

and

intimate

series

of

the that

shape

our

interiors,

Piggott

transforms

a

of

pattern,

vibrant

environment dialogue,

explores spaces into

revealing

study the

relationships

color,

extraordinary

between lives.

within

objects

Created following a period of separation and reunion with

a

Carol, Carol’s Cabin also carries a deeply personal resonance.

a

familiar

The exhibition serves as both a love letter to their shared

and

visual

creative life and a testament to the enduring influence of

everyday.

place, partnership, and curiosity. As Piggott reflects, “It takes

Through

the

a lot of curiosity to find the relationships between things.”

The exhibition centers on the cabin of fellow artist Carol, whose eclectic collections and ever-changing arrangements provide

Mike Piggott was born in 1963 in Charlottesville, VA. He received

the foundation for Piggott’s compositions. Rather than simply

his BA at Virginia Commonwealth University and studied at the

documenting the space, he searches for the formal relationships that

Winchester College of Art, Winchester, England. Mike Piggott

emerge between objects, colors, and textures. Many of the paintings

has had numerous solo exhibitions at the Maya Frodeman Gallery

incorporate his own works hanging throughout the cabin, creating

(formerly Tayloe Piggott Gallery), Jackson, WY, the Lynchburg

layered compositions in which paintings appear within paintings.

Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA, Visions West Contemporary in Bozeman and Livingston, MT and Denver, CO, and at the

Though

united

by

a

single

setting,

each

work

offers

a

Neapolitan Gallery, Richmond, VA, and participated in various

distinct perspective, demonstrating how a familiar place can

group exhibitions. Mike Piggott lives and works in Victor, Idaho.

continually inspire new ways of seeing. Working intuitively, Piggott is drawn to unexpected visual connections, balancing careful that

observation

are

both

with

formally

imagination

to

create

paintings

rigorous

delightfully

playful.

and

Trunks on Trunks , 2026 Oil on canvas 48 x 66 inches

Candle and Two Paintings , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches

Cowhide Lamp , 2026 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches

Pink Cabin with Camo Painting , 2026 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches

Camo , 2026 Oil on canvas 14 x 17 1/2 inches

Camo Paintng in Cabin , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 34 x 30 inches

Still Life with Lava Lamp , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 20 inches

Corner Chair , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches

One Eyed Cowgirl , 2026 Oil on panel 38 x 38 inches

Cactus and Lava , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 inches

Arrowleaf and Pink Logs , 2026 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches

Arrowleaf and Brown Logs , 2026 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches

Cacti on Wicker , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches

Cacti and Gingham , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches

Spring Shoes , 2026 Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 inches

Black Butter , 2026 Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches

A r t is t St a t e me n t These are all about looking for what’s formal in the middle of

Over time more and more of my paintings have turned up on

everything funky. Carol and I were broken up for about a year and a half.

the wall there. So that turns it into this whole other circle. My

Somewhere in that time the earliest version of these Carol’s Cabin

paintings really do hang behind the chairs sometimes, and maybe

paintings went to a collector, which was great but also really kind of

there really is a mirror repeating the painting and all the funk,

hard because I thought I’d never see the cabin again. Carol and I are

but I can’t always find the original. Things I’ve done for years

back together, but she hasn’t seen all these paintings of the cabin.

show up again and again. Like all these arrowleaf. They usually have a whole bunch of flowers, but I always paint them with just

Every time I go in there, she’s got a new weird group of things.

one. I put one on top of Carol’s Trunks on a Trunk. The whole

Sometimes it’s almost impossible to find a formal relationship

cabin is full of her weird sense of humor like that. It takes a lot of

between them. To avoid photorealism, I almost need to add

curiosity to find the relationships between things.. - Mike Piggott

the rest of the idea to the painting. Or her grouping will be cohesive because it’s like a whole bunch of the same thing. Like a bunch of cactuses on a table. I just never know.

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This catalog complements Mike Piggott’s exhibition Carol’s Cabin Maya Frodeman Gallery West 14 August - 27 September 2026

Images courtesy of the artist Photography by Claire Peery

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Cactus and Lava, (detail), Acrylic on canvas

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