Michelle Louis In The Studio
"Artist and naturalist, I'm curious about how the land inspires awe, how we feel it deep in our bones, how to express that relationship, and what we can learn from it. Abstract expressionist in process, my work explores pattern, connection, and kinship in the natural world. I love helping you connect your beautiful interior space to the natural world with investment-quality paintings."
Describe your creative process.
I don’t begin with sketches or a plan. I am wide open to the emergence of something unexpected, unexplainable. I love the excitement of facing a large-scale, blank canvas. I just start painting. The magic that occurs between the present moment and what comes next reflects nature’s alchemy and that’s where I engage.
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Women artists of the 20th Century and my own artist friends are my strongest influences.
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Get out of your own way, and don't be afraid.
Where do you go for inspiration?
Quietly exploring wild places everyday, I see things that normally go unnoticed. Animal interactions are common and day-to-day changes in the land and its inhabitants are more easily spotted. Back in the studio, painting extends that sense of how it feels to be immersed in the wilds, vulnerable, yet uninhibited and fully connected.
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