Like all artists, Michele felt she was born to create, and was drawn to art from as early as she can remember. After earning a degree in architecture from the University of Washington, she combined her professional life with her love of travel. Michele’s extensive travels and life experiences provide the solid platform from which her artwork is created. Her early training established a strong foundation in the Russian Impressionist tradition of seeing and painting shapes of light and color using relatively loose brushstrokes. She has studied extensively and has been influenced by numerous historic artists, most notably Nicholai Fechin, John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase. All of these influences have allowed Michele to establish her own unique artistic style and define her as a truly versatile artist.

While she is drawn to many painting genres - still life, landscape, cityscapes and figurative - it is Michele’s individual style and paint application that creates and maintains a constant theme throughout her body of work. She paints primarily in oils, but also enjoys working in acrylics, gouache and pastels. Collectors continuously say they “can spot Michele’s work from across the room”. Establishing her own unique, artistic voice is her primary goal. Every piece that she creates is truly an original, completed to her highest standards.