Michelle Thorn Lobdell

The artistic gene runs rampant through my family line. My great grandmother designed hats in Atlanta in the 1900's. My grandmother used to climb to the top of Stone Mountain Georgia with her easel to paint the landscape below. She became an outstanding porcelain painter and loved to paint portraits. When I would visit her as a child, she taught me how to china paint Limoges boxes, sew, and even cook. My mother followed in her footsteps and taught art, art history, and then her passion, photography. I was so blessed to have these women as mentors and teachers growing up!
As a child, I was always amazed by the colors, designs and patterns in nature. I noticed the way the wind turned green during a tornado when I watched from our basement window. I remember the pine trees my father planted along the hill against the radiant orange and purple sky before bedtime. I spent my childhood making flower crowns and playing under willow trees all day until I realized I had forgotten to go home for lunch. Nature was my art studio.
I had no idea that I had artistic abilities, until high school. My art teacher saw something in me, and encouraged me daily. I was offered a couple of Art Scholarships to college and chose a small school near my ...

•UNA- 1991-1993 on Fine Arts Scholarship
•UAB- Received a Bachelor of Arts Education 1996
•Portrait Painting Classes with Birgit Porter
•Private Study with Bart Lindstrom Portrait Artist
•Portrait Society of America Member

Bryant Art Gallery
Mountain Brook Village