Renee Michele

"Mirage"

Free form approach to painting without direct forethought.  I was exploring mark making, drawing with paint and veiling layers of color.  I work on canvases in tandem, one that is purely exploratory in nature and the other with a well defined subject and an objective to accomplish.

"Reflections"

This is a combination of painting, drawing, and sewing.  In 2020-2021 there was a very obvious planetary alignment happening in the night sky.  It went on for months!  In this piece I loosely referred to this occurrence in a state of reflection in the daytime sky on top and the night time sky on the bottom.  I am also always trying to develop color and so worked to enrich the acrylics with multiple layers.

"The Shared Experience of Creativity and Ingenuity"

This was a very deliberate piece with an emphasis on color blending and color relationships. I tend to fill up a canvas with shapes and lines so need to be very aware of the orchestration all these elements. The subject was also very consciously approached.