Born in the Northeast to parents who both had an interest in art, Michele’s own talent was apparent at an early age. She excelled in the subject while attending schools in Florida, Arizona, and California. When Michele moved to New Hampshire, she entered the field of graphic arts and worked her way up through the ranks of newspaper publishing companies, print shops, and design studios. Eventually she gained enough experience to start her own graphic arts company. By the mid 80’s Michele merged her company with her husband’s print shop which they ran together until 1991.

Today, she enjoys a life steeped in art. Her studies over these past fifteen years have allowed her to explore the gift of her talents and it has been through these explorations that she has found her niche. She says “What I especially like to create in my paintings is a place for the viewer to go - a sort of personal adventure.” All of her art is based on real places but, like the real place, her art does not give up all of its mysteries. Through light and especially atmosphere, she likes to provoke questions about what isn’t seen and can’t be answered.

She does not subscribe to a pre-established palette of colors. Rather, she integrates the natural colors of the scene with colors that will enhance and unify the painting. It is in the old tradition of chiaroscuro painting that her style and approach is grounded. As she puts it, “I allow the characteristics of the medium to provide a painterly expression of the scene and then, through the representation of depth and light the journey emerges.”

Michele works en plein aire as well as out of her studio at home. She welcomes commissions and offers private as well as group lessons to children and adults alike. She is an active member of the New Hampshire Artists Association and her work is currently represented in several regional galleries and corporate offices.
.