MICHELE MORGAN

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

My biggest influence was my high school teacher, Mr. John Kurtz. He threw a blob of white paint onto a painting I was trying to perfect. Wow! Then he smoothed it out in a matter of seconds and showed me how to let go. Nicholas Wilton, from Art2Life, taught me how to try different approaches and let go of a change. What you see in my work are different discoveries that lie way underneath the paint. There are so many layers in my process that sometimes I must sand half of it off which in turn creates another unique look. I do not have a theme most of the time. Although, I am most stimulated by people and nature. My work is animated and has the flavor of abstract impressionism. I might start with a horizon line or a face. I paint whatever suits my soul. The genre of music usually influences how a piece might turn out.

Michele Morgan, a practicing artist, has had over 30 group and solo showings from California to the East Coast, Hawaii, and Texas. She is a graduate of the Interior Design Institute of Newport Beach, California, and took classes at Saddleback and Orange Coast Colleges. She has an extensive background in the graphic and fine arts industry as an artists’ representative, servicing commercial ad agencies, fine art galleries, and private exhibits. Other experiences include being President of the Art Directors and Designers Organization of Orange County; guest speaker and advisor for Orange Coast College and Laguna School of Art and Design; nominee for Woman of the Year by the Orange County Ad News. She owned and operated her own art gallery, Morgan Stevens Gallery, in the late 80’s, She is the owner of The Right Color, an interior design firm specializing in color, design, lighting, remodeling, and art placement. Currently, she represents a small group of artisans for placement in her interior design projects and fine art industry.

EXHIBITS:
Long Beach Open Studio - Oct 2023
LBCG / Rod Briggs Gallery - Aug 2023
Cherry Wood Gallery / San Pedro - July - August 2023
LBCG / Rod Briggs Gallery – Jan 2023
Huntington Beach Art Center – Jan 2023
Greenly Art Space – December 2022
Trinity Art Show 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition - Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento – Oct 2022 Art Clout – “Fresh” – May – June 2022
LBCG Rod Briggs Gallery - “Painting Long Beach”– March 2022
Red Bluff Art Gallery – Feb thru June 2022
Huntington Beach Art Center – Jan 2022
Art Clout/Page Against Machine – Jan 2022
Nuditas Group Exhibition – Sept 2021
Las Laguna Art Gallery – Aug 2021
LBCG – Long Beach Creative Group – July 2020
Art Clout – March 28, 2020 – April 2, 2020
OCMA – Emerging Artists Show - 2019
Metropolitan Design - Long Beach – June 2019
Huntington Beach Art Center – 2019
Huntington Beach Art Center – 2018
Hellada Gallery – Long Beach – 2018