Michele Combs Email & Phone Number

My mission is to create and sell beautiful paintings, and to share my knowledge through teaching and mentoring others.

Listed skills include Art, Painting, Fine Art, Canvas, and 13 others.

• Artist

  Michele Combs Fine Art

  Jan 2002 - Present - Minneapolis, Mn

  My home is Minneapolis. I went to the University of MN and have a B.S. in Occupational Therapy. My art training included traditional realism instruction at the Minnesota River School of Fine Art and led to workshops with talented painting instructors. My gallery/studio space is at the Northrup King Building. I'm representatives in galleries and participate in shows locally and nationally. Artist Statement:I’m a contemporary impressionist oil painter who loves thick paint, color, and the way light plays on leaves, water, and faces. In fact, being a painter has changed the way I view the world and I strive to capture the beauty I see around me onto my canvas.Picking up a paintbrush compels me to connect emotionally with a subject in a way that a quick click of a camera doesn’t. Where is the light coming from? Where are the shadows and what is hiding there? As I am drawn into the landscape (or whatever subject I’m painting) I fall deeper into the mood or excitement there ~ and it slips off the end of my brush and onto the canvas. In every painting, I leave a bit of myself there. I am inspired by blooming gardens, the sun rising or setting over a majestic landscape, playful animals, and traveling to distant lands. Everyday scenes of colorful clothes hanging on a line on washing day, a farmers’ market, or a cascading waterfall make me eager to get out my paints and translate that mood or emotion onto my canvas. One of the greatest joys I have experienced as an artist is when my story intersects with another person’s. When someone views my paintings and I see they ‘connect’, this brings me joy!