The Stoic's Shield
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€8,800
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Muddy Fox,
2022
Michele Mikesell
Painting : oil
50 x 50 x 4.5 cm 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.8 inch
€3,800
One of the last works available by this artist
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Unique work
Signature
Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
50 x 50 x 4.5 cm 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Framing
Brown floater frame
Artwork dimensions including frame
54 x 54 x 5 cm 21.3 x 21.3 x 2 inch
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: United States
"Muddy Fox" is a fun and beautiful oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements and her signature pristine painting texture and finish. This painting has a bright yellow palette and includes a custom dark brown wood frame.
"Muddy Fox" is an intriguing artwork showcasing a surreal figure with a human body and an animal-like head set against a solid yellow background. The character's elongated form and mismatched features create a striking visual contrast, capturing the viewer's attention. The head, reminiscent of a fox, with its pointed ears and expressive eyes, suggests themes of transformation and duality. Its humanoid body, cloaked in muted, earth-toned stripes, emphasizes the unique blend of nature and identity. Sparse brushstrokes and minimalist style highlight the creature's isolated presence, evoking both whimsy and introspection. The yellow backdrop amplifies the subject's enigmatic aura, providing an open space that invites contemplation. This piece stands out for its imaginative fusion of form and color, provoking curiosity and deeper inquiry into the nature of identity and perception.
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004.
“Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings is an iconographical departure from previous work in that literal human features have been introduced. Other aspects of this work directly reference the anthropomorphic petro glyph characters in which I first based my interest in painting. These realistic, stylized faces placed within loosely interpreted animal shapes and costumes narrate a continued thesis of dichotomy and metaphor - comparing and contrasting human ideas with animal instinct. Irony, contradiction, humor and tragedy, have been continued themes in my work and are illustrated not only within the image, but within the actual paint and surface of the painting.
I am influenced by a diverse and extremely eclectic group of different movements including Abstract and German Expressionism, Art Informal, Children's Art, as well as the 17th century Dutch masters and the current Pop Surrealist movement. I work with little or no pre-conceived finished piece. My process is a constant acting and reacting from and within the marks subliminally laid into the paint."
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Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€5,500
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Michele Mikesell is an American artist born in 1973.
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. Mikesell is a Dallas Artist who lives and works in Oak Cliff and is currently represented by Chiaroscuro, Sante Fe; JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City; Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta; and DECORAZON Gallery in Dallas/ London.
Michele Mikesell's work can be found internationally in many private and corporate collections, and has been exhibited in national and international art fairs including, AQUA Miami; SCOPE Basel and New York City; The Suite Art Fair, Dallas, Texas; Art Santa Fe; and the Affordable Art Fair New York City, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Mikesell had solo exhibition at the Ardmore Museum of Art in Oklahoma this coming November, 2014.
"Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings is an iconographical departure from previous work in that literal human features have been introduced. Other aspects of this work directly reference the anthropomorphic petro glyph characters in which I first based my interest in painting. These realistic, stylized faces placed within loosely interpreted animal shapes and costumes narrate a continued thesis of dichotomy and metaphor - comparing and contrasting human ideas with animal instinct. Irony, contradiction, humor and tragedy, have been continued themes in my work and are illustrated not only within the image, but within the actual paint and surface of the painting.
I am influenced by a diverse and extremely eclectic group of different movements including Abstract and German Expressionism, Art Informal, Children's Art, as well as the 17th century Dutch masters and the current Pop Surrealist movement. I work with little or no pre-conceived finished piece. My process is a constant acting and reacting from and within the marks subliminally laid into the paint."
- Michele Mikesell
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In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. Mikesell is a Dallas Artist who lives and works in Oak Cliff and is currently represented by Chiaroscuro, Sante Fe; JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City; Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta; and DECORAZON Gallery in Dallas/ London.
Michele Mikesell's work can be found internationally in many private and corporate collections, and has been exhibited in national and international art fairs including, AQUA Miami; SCOPE Basel and New York City; The Suite Art Fair, Dallas, Texas; Art Santa Fe; and the Affordable Art Fair New York City, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Mikesell had solo exhibition at the Ardmore Museum of Art in Oklahoma this coming November, 2014.
"Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings is an iconographical departure from previous work in that literal human features have been introduced. Other aspects of this work directly reference the anthropomorphic petro glyph characters in which I first based my interest in painting. These realistic, stylized faces placed within loosely interpreted animal shapes and costumes narrate a continued thesis of dichotomy and metaphor - comparing and contrasting human ideas with animal instinct. Irony, contradiction, humor and tragedy, have been continued themes in my work and are illustrated not only within the image, but within the actual paint and surface of the painting.
I am influenced by a diverse and extremely eclectic group of different movements including Abstract and German Expressionism, Art Informal, Children's Art, as well as the 17th century Dutch masters and the current Pop Surrealist movement. I work with little or no pre-conceived finished piece. My process is a constant acting and reacting from and within the marks subliminally laid into the paint."
- Michele Mikesell
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