The letter read: Michelle Vara's painting has won in Camelback Gallery’s All Abstracts 2021 Painting Competition. The jury has reviewed over 270 pieces and selected a few artworks for the online group award exhibition. … [Read more...] about Vara’s Abstract Painting Chosen as Winner
Wilton NY
Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Behind every good work of art, there are motivators that LEED the creative process. The motivator in this segment of work was some less than desirable but really gave time to stop and think. Yes - I use the acronym LEED for its metaphorical … [Read more...] about Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Bud
“Air” & “Myth of the Chickadee”
Myth of the Chickadee- Oil, ink on 13" x19" Paper. The bird feeder my cause for paused I watch Chickadees with their black caps, flit about the Lilac tree. Sparking bright, shattering the darkness of winter gray, in song of a chick- a- … [Read more...] about “Air” & “Myth of the Chickadee”
Spring Forth – March
This month I have really tried to connect with nature and the planet and visualize it w-hole and healthy filled with peace and love. Project- "Chickadee" The bird feeder my cause for paused I watch Chickadees with their black caps, flit … [Read more...] about Spring Forth – March
Fit of Carnality
Oil on Paper 9.5x 19 For the rest of the story - https://www.michellevara.com/fit-of-carnality/ … [Read more...] about Fit of Carnality
Fit of Carnality
In this work, I became interested and explored – extreme shift/ change/ fluctuation as a line in human personality. Some of the questions I researched- What makes a radical shift in personality? Is a human bad to the bone? What cultural … [Read more...] about Fit of Carnality
Translating Meaning
Greetings and thank you for joining me in this crazy thing we call an artist’s life. Ill start by saying I’m sorry- I didn’t have the balls to write before this, keeping this art journal or blog post commitment on the fifteenth as I have for … [Read more...] about Translating Meaning