The letter read: Michelle Vara's painting has won in Camelback Gallery’s All Abstracts 2021 Painting Competition. The jury has reviewed over 270 pieces and selected a few artworks for the online group award exhibition. … [Read more...] about Vara’s Abstract Painting Chosen as Winner
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Cardinal
Sculpture No.835_ Cardinal _2020 Welded steel painted with red and black enamel. 22h x8w x 7.5d, Available for purchase please contact. For this Sculpture piece Sculpture No.835_ Cardinal _2020 I explore Religious- Ethical- … [Read more...] about Cardinal
Botanical Watercolor
This technique is a hybrid crossing short-run handmade oil-based print and watercolor painting. Michelle Vara creates drawings from nature to make the short run printing plates and complete the compilation by fluid gestures in a watercolor … [Read more...] about Botanical Watercolor
Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Behind every good work of art, there are motivators that LEED the creative process. The motivator in this segment of work was some less than desirable but really gave time to stop and think. Yes - I use the acronym LEED for its metaphorical … [Read more...] about Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Memorial May
Over the last sixty days my mind has been boiling over in many directions and time is recorded within the work. 5-19-21 -Have you seen the Fort Ann NY Banana-? Too Much Fun! Tuesday afternoon I was driving on Rt. 4 headed north … [Read more...] about Memorial May
Spring Forth – March
This month I have really tried to connect with nature and the planet and visualize it w-hole and healthy filled with peace and love. Project- "Chickadee" The bird feeder my cause for paused I watch Chickadees with their black caps, flit … [Read more...] about Spring Forth – March
Fit of Carnality
In this work, I became interested and explored – extreme shift/ change/ fluctuation as a line in human personality. Some of the questions I researched- What makes a radical shift in personality? Is a human bad to the bone? What cultural … [Read more...] about Fit of Carnality
SCREAM
A Tool for healing & transformation- This project started with my feeling overwhelmed by politics, and media. I began to notice, no one’s listening- not to themselves- not to friends -not to partners- not to family........ … [Read more...] about SCREAM