Michelle Griffiths is a Seychelloise artist who grew up in New Zealand. Michelle studied Costume Design at Edith Cowan University in Australia and is now a full-time artist working from her studio in Providence, Mahe. Created with her signature vibrant colour palette – the artist works with textiles as well as acrylic paint, watercolours, pencil and ink. With an aim to illustrate scenes from both her imagination and remembrances, the main body of Michelle’s work is inspired by nature with a series comprised of beautifully observed and rendered plants, flowers and aquatic life, sometimes realistic in form but more often with a whimsical twist. Many of these scenes are conjured in her imagination or are inspired by the gardens and marine life around her tropical beachside home. Michelle also creates intuitive abstract works, incorporating the observation of structure in natural organic forms and patterns along with her visual interpretation and expression of sounds and emotions. “I try to explore and experiment without rules and conventions. Starting with a completely blank canvas, whether I am painting or sculpting I never know the outcome.”
Along with her study of Fine Art and Art History at University, the many facets of Michelle’s artistic signature are thanks to invention, experimentation and a self-taught style.