About Michelle
Michelle Dinelle is an awarded Canadian abstract painter known for her use of bright colors and expressionist style.
BIOGRAPHY
Michelle Dinelle is an award winning artist working from her home studio in Toronto, Canada.
She creates whimsical paintings with her dynamic use of bright and vibrant colors paired with her unique signature style of circles, swirls and dots.
'Michelle's paintings seem to flow flawlessly, the paint dancing along the canvas in a whirlwind of emotion that radiates from each element, as if it was meant to be there and just waiting to be brought to life'. Andres Silvera, Visual Artist
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Michelle's artworks have been published, awarded and recognized in global competitions and are held in private collections throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Active in the Toronto arts community with her works often included in curated gallery exhibitions and displayed in local business establishments.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Painting in an expressionist style, I create abstract, floral and landscape paintings infused with bright colors. I’m inspired by the beauty of nature - a view, pattern, texture, light cast on an object and the emotions that are evoked. My creative process evolves intuitively from what I can only describe as a blissful ‘altered state’ - blending my chosen colors directly on canvas, watching them merge before me, layer upon layer, leads the way. Adding my signature whimsical dots completes each journey.
While I continue to explore this fascination with paint, I remain humbled having my artwork not only awarded but knowing that wherever displayed my pieces bring a sense of joy in this sometimes hectic world in which we live.
SELECTED PRESS
2019 Premier Issue of the Art Treasury Collector's Annual.
My works are included in this beautiful publication featuring a diverse array of artistic figures in today’s global art world who are breaking rules and achieving new heights in their work.
'A Day in the Life' feature article in the Toronto Guardian, by Joel Levy, January 2017.
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Learn a little more about me and my artistic process.
ArtAscent Art & Literature Magazine, April 2017 Vol 24.
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Distinguished Artist Award and Feature.
This issue explores the Theme of Bliss - an inherent quality of the human experience is the quest for happiness.