Michelle Dawn

I've been painting all my life, but have spent the past 7 years drenched in color, method, and stylizing my art voice. I first began posing the question- what defines a line? Is it the space around it, in it, or is the line defining the space, not the other way around? How close can one object be from another before the identity of each begins to coalesce? For me, it is the simple question of Nature vs. Nurture, how did I come to be me?

One day I looked down at my palette, and like a fortune teller's ball, I began to see stories laid out for me to tell on canvas. Through this door, I began to experience what Schopenhauer describes as aesthetic contemplation. And so, I began transcribing, experiencing in real time, while also hoping to relay some of this process and experience to the audience. The first of these images was the Egg of Creation.

Ever since, I have been excitedly sharing what I like to think of as other worlds with the perceiver. These images are often labeled abstract, but for me, each one tells a very important mythological story. I have Joseph campbell to thank for that; I would often paint an image, and THEN learn its meaning as I read his books. But many of these archetypes are not known consciously t...

Recent Painting technique courses
Visions in the oil mische technique, Italy, Studied under Laurence Caruana, Amanda Sage, Andrew Gonzales, Ernst Fuches
Painting with Light, the Van Dyke Mische technique, Denver, CO, with Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann

Master of Arts, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, USA,
Bachelors of Arts, Seattle University, Seattle USA





Masters in Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, USA
Bachelors of arts in Studio art and English Language, Seattle University, Seattle, WA USA

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