For Michele Yellin, painting is a metaphor for life. Much of the process, like much of living, is about joy and beauty and story. But it is also about not being too attached to things, and knowing that letting go of one thing creates a place for something new.
Primarily Michele works with acrylic paint on canvas or board. Her paintings evolve organically. She begins by laying down texture and color in a freeform way. The textures and colors suggest shapes and spaces in the under-painting, much like clouds create shapes in the sky. Michele draws and paints on the canvas the things that she sees. Some things stay, others are painted over, developing paintings that have many layers. Through this process, the painting begins to tell a story and it is how Michele discovers and reveals her inner life.
Michele lives in a home in the woods in Chapel Hill, NC. She also has a studio, where she works part time, in Artspace on East Davie Street in downtown Raleigh, NC.
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