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Michele ‘Mike’ Smith
……………………has been accepted into juried shows including the world renowned ART-A-Fair Festival in Laguna Beach, CA. where she showed her art for four years and has had her art featured in the Art-A-Fair Festival Magazine and Laguna Arts Magazine.
 
    
Michele co-founded and was director of the Oil Cartel Art Gallery in Laguna Beach along with 9 other artists.
 
She started painting in oils and after a number of years switched to acrylics her current medium. She is still known for her bright bold colors and enjoys painting ethic and traditional people in their multicolored native costumes, she aims to bring the viewer into her paintings by creating a body of work in which the viewer feels they too are a part of the painting.
 
Traveling is another one of her loves, she and her husband have traveled over much of the globe and many of her paintings reflect those travels.Michele obtained her degree in Criminal Justice, then her J.D. degree in Law and worked with the Dept. of Transportation until she retired in 2000.

She and her husband have been residents of Cambria for several years & are still fascinated by the beauty of nature and the landscape surrounding them.  She is also a historical tour guide at Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument.  
    
              Paradise Island, oil

 Contact  Michele ‘Mike’ Smith

Michele’s art can be found in private and commercial locals in California, other parts of the country and as far away as Japan.
 
                                              

Tea & Flowers, acrylic

Atrium Two, acrylic

Lotus Garden, acrylic


Atrium One, acrylic

Girls Night Out, mixed media

Blue Mood, acrylic - SOLD


Japanese Gesha, acrylic

Shopping in Cambria, acrylic

Sunflowers in blue, acrylic


Peruvian lady-1, acrylic

Peruvian lady-2, acrylic

Grouping of pears, acrylic


Reflections of Egypt-1, acrylic

Reflections of Egypt-2, acrylic

Reflections of Egypt-3, acrylic





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