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Michelle Thelen
 
 
About the Artist

My oil paintings range from fast & loose landscapes painted on-site to still lifes leaning toward the realist genre. My wide range of style and subject: landscape, still life, architecture, are all inspired by the great outdoors and all the wonder that fills the world.
My artistic inspirations: Michelangelo, DaVinci, Rembrandt, John Singer Sargent & Georgia O'Keefe.

 
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The Orpheum

2007
Oil on Canvas
3' x 2'

The Orpheum
The city is Minneapolis,MN USA. It is almost twilight. The lights turn on as the fumes & sounds of the city pass by.

Wegdahl Barn

2003
Oil on SANDPaper
8 x 10

I Had to paint this scene along the river. I only had fine grit sandpaper available in the truck. No canvas, nothing else. I ruined a couple brushes, oh well.

Swedish Shadow Play

2002
Oil on Board
16" x 20"

Playing with shadow & light and the bistre grasaille technique. This demonstrates the underpainting method used by Early Dutch-Flemish still life painters.

Urban Sprawl Series #5

2003
Oil on Birch
6" x 15"

Rolling Hills in rolling color painted plein air, rich vibrant fields wave with trees fading into the distance

Duluth, Lake Superior

2002
Oil on Canvas
8 x 11

Airy distant shores, a faint light house beckoning from the cool hues of Park Point-Duluth in Minnesota. Painted plein air from Enger Park in Duluth MN.

My Italian Art Studio

2006
Oil on Birch Panel
28" x 28"

The amazing light and delicious smells floating through the air contributed to the surreal atmosphere while I was creating in Italy.

Shadows of Italy, Assisi

2000
Giclee Print on Canvas
11" x 14"

Shadows of Italy, Assisi
The sound of church bells ringing and the incredible light and shadows filtering through the Italian hills bring back incredible memories of time in Italy.
 
Education and biography
2002 - 2003 Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2000-2001 Jeff Hurinenko & Joe Paquet Studio, St. Paul, MN
1997 - 1999 Minnesota River School of Fine Art,Burnsville, MN
1987 - 1989 Colorado Institute of Art, Denver CO
1984 - 1986 University of Minnesota Duluth
Exhibits:
Assisi, Italy. Pallazzo Del Commune, International Group Exhibit, July 1996.
Selected Solo Exhibits:
Art in the Minneapolis Mayors Office Exhibit, Minneapolis, City Hall, MN USA Jan 2 - March 6, 2007.
Taube Museum of Art, Holiday Art Show, Nov 22 - Dec 23 Minot ND
St. Paul Art Crawl,The Northwestern Building, 2006
2006 Meander - Upper MN River Art Crawl, Milwaukee Road Historic Depot, Montevideo, MN 2006
Dunn Brothers Coffee, June - August 2006. Rosemount, MN
Normandale Lake Office Park Gallery, Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 2004. Bloomington, MN
Scholarship Competition, Minneapolis College of Art & Design 2003
“Visions of America” November 2001. Second Floor Gallery, Lutheran Brotherhood Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN
“American Landscape” September 26-Oct. 26, 2001. Java River, Montevideo MN.
“Riverscapes & More” March 9 - May 4, 2001 Bloomington Art Center, Art in Public Places: Oxboro Public Library, Bloomington, MN.
“Oils by Michelle” June 1-30, 2000. Second Floor Gallery, Lutheran Brotherhood Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN
“Minnesota Rivers” January 1999, MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington
“Just in Thyme” July 1995-February 1996. Montevideo - Chippewa County Public Library.



 
Future shows
Art in the Minneapolis Mayors Office Exhibit, Minneapolis City Hall Jan 2 - March 6, 2007.
CURE 15th Annual Event
Montevideo MN Feb. 10 2007
Art To /Di/ For
March 24, Minneapolis MN
Summerhill Farm
Park Rapids MN, summer 2007
2007 Meander - Upper MN River Art Crawl, Milwaukee Road Historic Depot, Montevideo, MN
 
Website:  www.mnartists.org/michelle_thelen
 
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