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 2009 Sacred Spiral Art Workshops
Saturday, January 17, Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Where: Sacred Spiral Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA 92011
Cost: $45-/session (includes materials)
Sign up today by clicking the Gift Certificate on the gallery page. For details please e-mail Michelle@thenashgroup.net
Workshop at Seaside Center For Spiritual Living:
Sunday February 1, 2009, Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
to register please contact Seaside Center at 760-753-5786. (Address: 1613 Lake Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024). Cost: $45- (includes materials).
Meet the Artist:
Nicole ‘Michelle’ Matisse
Michelle's paintings have sold worldwide to art collectors, high end resorts, corporate offices and luxury residences.
In 2007/2008 Michelle Matisse has been invited to participate in fundraising efforts through her art by the following organizations:
Susan D. Komen For The Cure of Breast Cancer
Kids’ Turn
Slow Foods San Diego
H.M. Art Foundation
Soul Raye Fundraiser
Foster Teens at San Pasqual Academy
The Rancho Bernardo Historical Society
Art N Soul Gallery
Finley Fire Relief Fundraiser
Operation USA
The United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation
American Lung Association of California
Pacific Symposium, Enchanted Altar Art Installation 2007
Infinite Yoga, Little Italy, Art Installation 2007
Journey to Wholeness Retreats 2008
Pleiadian Lightwork Healing Temple 2008
Fit, Pure Barre Studio, Art Installation 2008
Image Use for CD cover, Chuck Brown, 2008
Michelle is an emerging artist who has developed her own unique style of abstract art and an 18k gold leafing technique which gives her paintings an iridescent way of reflecting natural and artificial light. Her paintings are imbued with spirituality, symbolism and other worldliness.
In a more esoteric setting of custom created work, Michelle consults with the individual to represent their soul’s path or healing through her art. Rather than a portrait of their physical manifestation, the artwork can be seen as a portrait of their soul. These type of paintings become highly personal treasures for the individual as they sometimes reveal themselves over time. For the ordinary eye, however they might simply look like beautiful colors on a canvas. Michelle has enhanced sacred spaces at conferences, yoga centers, meditation rooms and at seminars honoring the healing arts.
Michelle welcomes the opportunity to create custom designed artwork for interior designers, corporate and residential spaces. She is available for consultation to consider colors, theme, size of the artwork and budget.
In 2006 Michelle was invited by the Deepak Chopra Center to attend the seminar “Synchro Destiny”. It was here that she met renowned artist Paul Heussenstamm who invited her to attend his workshop “Art as a Spiritual Path”. After seeing her first two paintings Paul pronounced her “Sarasvati – Goddess of all the Arts”. Michelle has since studied Mandala Painting with Paul and Buddhist Painting with Tibetan Master Yeshi Dorjee. She also holds a BFA, Magna Cum Laude from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and is a recipient of the NYU Founders Day Award. She has worked as a consultant with artists and licensees of the Walt Disney Consumer Products Division.
Michelle Matisse grew up in Europe and has traveled internationally. Her current primary residence is in Carlsbad, California where she lives with her husband and their two young children. When she is not busy painting, she volunteers her time to teaching the “Meet the Masters” Art Education for Children program. |
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