‘I seek to celebrate observation, working from direct visual stimulus and painting from life.  I first focus on the simplicity or complexity of shape and then the contrast or subtle color shifts with in those shapes.’

Being a full time western painter, Michele is active and enjoys time out of doors observing. Her work is done primarily in the field using oil, with finishing touches being completed in her studio in Cortez, Colorado.

Michele taught art for Teton County School District for 19 years.  She has a BA from UC Davis in Studio Art and an Art Teaching Credential from CSU, Sacramento.

Continuing her education, Michele has studied with Jill Carver and Ray Roberts as well as multiple artist residencies at the Whitney Western Art Museum and at Maynard Dixon Country as visiting artist.

Her work can be found in Plein Air Magazine ‘Eleven Artists to Collect Now’ Oct-Nov 2020, at the Wyoming State Art Collection, DeSelms Fine Art in Cheyenne, WY, Guchiebird’s in Driggs, ID, Ivinson Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming and private collections throughout the United States.