Michelle Parsons

Close-up organic forms create an abstracted expressive surface based on space, light, colour and texture. A sense of depth; blurred backgrounds and loose brushstrokes contrast with sharp detail and tighter representational mark-making. The longer I paint, the more I realise that my work is all about the composition as a whole. My style has an adaptive reverence for the subject and yet does not rely on it; elevating the forms with bright use of colour and suggestive mark-making. The resulting pieces are proud declarations of colour and expression. Colour, depth, texture and contrast – does is matter if it looks like a lobster or a fish? Not really…

Northumbria University, UK - BA (hons) Fine Art
1986 to 1989

Festival of Print, The Art Pavillion, London 2019
Festival of Print, The Art Pavillion, London 2018
Roy's People, Oxo Tower, London 2018
New Artist Fair, Brick Lane, London 2018
Urban Art Fair, Brixton, London 2017
New Artist Fair, Brick Lane, London 2016
UA Members' Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 2014
UA Open Exhibition, Cork Street Gallery, London
2013
UA Members' Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 2013
UA Open Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London
Group Show, Brentwood School, Essex 2013
Solo Exhibition, NewArt Gallery, Essex
2012
Solo Exhibition, Sherwin Gallery Essex