Paintings
The sense of place is an emotion, a feeling – a memory or something imagined – connected to our external world. Like music in a minor key can evoke a memory of love or loss, sensuality or melancholy, a painting speaks through Light. The angle of light, its colour and intensity can evoke those same feelings. My work is an artscape. I am driven to share the places I find in Light.
Recent Work – Coming Soon!
“Echoes” Series – old rural buildings and interiors
St. Stephens
Room with a View
Lodge Door
Red Chair
Mrs. Cooper's Bathroom Sink
Waiting
Across the Hall
Crystal's Room
Auburn Door
Window Seat
Mrs. Fleger's Bedroom Door
Everything But the Bathroom Sink
Yellow Door
Evanescence
Afternoon Light at Lavender
Rob Roy
Early Harvest
Cooper's Shed
Old General Store at Swords
Windermere Farm
Big Sky Farm
Echoes
Wheat Field Ruin
Twilight
Landscapes
Waubaushene
April Storm
Hopewell
Hopewell Rocks
Winter's Return
GALLERY/REPRESENTATION
Auburn Gallery of Fine Art, Gravenhurst, ON – Teresa McLaughlin, 705.812.0749
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I have been a long-time fan and over the past years have collected a number of Michelle’s works.There is an understanding in Michelle’s work that goes beyond the surface beauty of her subjects. Her landscapes reflect and pull you into the power of the land, water and sky. They could be anywhere and yet somehow they are profoundly Canadian landscapes – stark beauty from a harsh environment; life in spite of the elements. Her rural scenes are all this with the human element intertwined. Michelle’s background ensures historical accuracy down to the subtle details yet captures the emotions of the setting. The feeling of abandonment is tempered by the experiences of the structures; you can almost feel the families whose lives passed through the walls. It makes the paintings that much more poignant knowing that so many will not remain for much longer. Yet for all their neglect, Michelle has shown the beauty of these buildings – the human elements of structure and detail, but also nature’s beauty creeping along the old bones. There is no hopelessness in Michelle’s rural scenes, rather they are a picture of strength fading gracefully into nature’s arms.
~Kristi Kanitz
I am the proud owner of one of Michelle’s earlier works, (’52 Gibson) it’s magical and because I own over 20 guitars it has a special place in my heart. I see her as the next to be discovered and recognized Canadian artist of our times.
~ Gerri Hynes
