Adventure
Although born in Québec, Michelle was raised in Kingston Ontario. Her pride in the downtown core – as well as the beautiful areas that surround this town.
Michelle seeks balance of light and shadow in her artwork. Whether her subject be deep forest or urban landscape, her goal is the same. How the sunset wraps around the trunk of a tree or lights up the windows of a building can transform shapes into magic. Light and shadow symbolize the balance of society and solitude. Michelle finds energy in the city to fuel her inpiration and is drawn to the woods to decompress and reflect.
“I did, for a long time, chase all these things that I wasn’t good at; I was trying to fill the void to get better at the things I was bad at. But it wasn’t until I leaned into and really accepted just what naturally happens and enjoy the process. Whatever naturally happens, you’re going to find an audience and the sense of self that comes from when you actually put your spirit on the canvas and people like it."
from a 2018 interview in Profile Kingston Magazine
EDUCATION
2018 Drawing from the figure with Daniel Hughes
2018 Plein-Air Painting Advanced with John David Anderson, Haliburton
2017 Painting with the Three Foot Brush with John David Anderson, Midland
2016 Painting the Figure with Daniel Hughes, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
2001 Graphic Design, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Queen’s Quarterly, spring issue
2018 Profile Kingston Magazine, Fall Issue
2012 Hanna’s Little Red Wheelbarrow, Illustrator
TEACHING
2019 Oil Workshops at The Tett Centre, Kingston
2017 Informal Adult Instructional Group Workshops, The Tett Centre, Kingston
2016 Instructor for Art Zone, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston
2016 Private In-Home Instructional Group Workshops, Ontario
2016-19 Guest Instructor, Enterprise Elementary School, Enterprise
EDUCATION
Solo Shows
2019 Gallery Raymond, Kingston
2019 Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
2018 Heather Haynes Gallery, Gananoque
2017 Art After Dark (spring and fall), Kingston
2016 Pan Chancho, Kingston
2016 Piggery Gallery, Newburgh
2015 Socialist Pig Café, Gananoque
2015 Purple House Café, Gananoque
Duo Shows
2019 Balance Bewteen with Sara Alex Mullen, Santini Gallery, Ottawa
2016 Socialist Pig Café, Gananoque
2015 Windmills Restaurant, Kingston
Group Shows
2019 Cline House Gallery, Cornwall
2018 Ivy Lea Club, Ivy Lea
2018 Gallery Raymond, Kingston
2018 Heather Haynes Gallery, Gananoque
2018 Art After Dark, Small Batch Cafe
2017 Small Batch Café, Kingston
2016 Small Batch Café, Kingston
2015 #Hashtag Gallery, Toronto
2014 Art Battle #108, Kingston