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Northshore October 2025
To Michael Updike, slate shingles are a unique, premade canvas for his art. And if they’re marred with paint splotches or leftover tar, he’s hit the jackpot because “it makes it more interesting,” he says. To this North Shore sculptor and slate carver, the rough-hewn surfaces that have been “marinating” on rooftops in all kinds of weather look like paintings, with textures, degrees of shading, and subtle differences in tonal values, ready for repurposing according to his inventive imaginings. Updike works out of his home at the edge of a salt marsh in Newbury. The garage next to his studio is stuffed with finished artw
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