Michelle works in both acrylic and oil on canvas. An important facet of her expansive work is diversity. The artist naturally defies expectations put on her and goes beyond. Within the masculine and feminine, and the grandiose and humble. Michelle’s work moves beyond these dichotomies. It identifies less with the femininity that has been assigned her, and more with material: fibers, textures, mechanics and their relationship not only visually, but to other capacities such as balance, the tactile and even pain. Michelle wields force that exists in and around what she is assigned.

Like any important journey graced by highs and lows, Michelle has found therapeutic method to adapting the macabre into power and beauty. She finds difficult times to magnify honesty. While paradox fabricates the fiber of our humanity, Michelle pulls no punches in making it an important part of her work.

“There’s a crack in everything, it’s how the light gets in.” – L. Cohen