Ellen Michel Art School in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Artist

Ellen Michel Art School

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 418 504 811

Address: 206 Cape Steet, Heidelberg 3084 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: https://ellenmichelartschool.com/

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25.01.2022 What makes this scene in my garden appealing to me? Is it colour, light, is it the story I create to tell yourself . Appeal is personal and primal, it can take the breath away in awe, it can be uplifting. #design #brand #package #packaging #graphics #designer #designing #detail #innovative #structural #illustration #branding #cheeky #toprankrepost #wetwednesday #thatsquad #captivating #orange #alluring #unabashedmale

24.01.2022 Near Lindos, Rhodes Island, Greece. 76.2x91cm On this day of exploring the beautiful Island I can around a corner to happen on this very domestic scene bathed in late afternoon light, where a little farm carved out of the limestone rocky landscape, its stone fences and buildings nudging against the pristine waters of the inlet near Lindos, 3 km from the City of Rhodes (Capital). Once again I felt compelled to not lay too much of myself in the painting, leaving only the bare... essential content, leaving only a hint of my presence by trying to express the understated activities of a sustainable life on an island whose crisscross history is one of possession and repossession and its barren appearance which hides mineral rich rocks and water tables used for sustenance, healing and beneficial properties not seen on the first encounters. #sustainable #ecofriendly #sustainability #sustainablefashion #organic #eco #ethicalfashion #fairtrade #zerowaste #ecofashion #sustainabledesign #greenliving #slowfashion #green #lifestyle #slowliving #scandinaviandesign #healthy #gogreen #ethical #healthyliving See more

22.01.2022 Time extracts various values from a painters work.When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten and the more the picture has to give the greater it is. Henri Matisse.

21.01.2022 Purple Flags, pendulous delicate signal rising from the cold winters darkness to welcome the spring.

20.01.2022 Nature reclaims herself, Returning to the soil, The Tree is dead. The rock lives on.

20.01.2022 'Village Life', My Greek Collection, 1997. Spending time in Greece and Turkey, painting on the island of Rhodes, in the little village in the south east of the city of Rhodes. Encountering for the first time 'the Aegean and Mediterranean Light'. the special light, the ubiquitous blue haze of the surrounding sea drenches the shadows and reflects onto the bleached whites of clothing and whitewashed houses. This aspect and the signs of a village life working with the flow of the natural world and age old knowledge and customs handed down offer centuries became the aim of a painting style I would take away from this experience with such effects as patinas , distressed renders and of course 'blue haze'. #travel #santorini #visitgreece #wanderlust #sea #greekislands #travelgram #mykonos #instagreece #greecestagram

20.01.2022 The vastness of the universe, Is inconceivable, Even though we have invented The wheel and rockets, We are a tiny party at a very large table,... Remember to invite the planet, So it's not so lonely. See more

19.01.2022 Food for Thought. And expression of an idea. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, Born Netherlands Composition. (No.11) with Red, Yellow and Blue 1935. Oil on Canvas. His limited visual language consists of just horizontal and vertical lines in black, with planes of white and three primary colours, from which all other colours are derived by mixing. The pure colour representing an ethical view of society and symbolises the complex relations between the individual and the collective. #fashion #handmade #nyc #abstract #arthistory #yellow #fashiondesigner #blue #travel

18.01.2022 Always searching for the beauty and the colour of a rainbow. We look out there, not realising we are wearing it as a radiant cloak. We are all the colours of pure white rainbow light.

18.01.2022 Compassion of the world, in a single image. the 'Pieta', Solid in form but such a fragile and elusive concept for humanity.... #pietà #michelangelo #birth #nasa #antique #traditions See more

18.01.2022 Enlightened One Your lightweight feathery body Defying gravity, Is miraculous to one, Whose feet are made of clay.... You evoke in me Something of the spirit I long to know. Lino Print on paper from One Village One Life

17.01.2022 The wondrous Grand Hotel, Scarborough took my breath away. A regal sight, shrouded in the mist, of the Victorian era sits overlooking the South Bay Beach, with its soft sand skirting the North Sea, silently it waits for some sign of summer's music and the holiday makers that will flocking here.

17.01.2022 Bushscape, Oil on Canvas 130cmx150cm

15.01.2022 Blackbird You weave a nest like a spell, so perfectly round, A nest of remnants lost and found. You only take what you need, For avarice you do not heed.

15.01.2022 It is lending the body to the world that the artist changes the world into painting. - Merleau-Ponty philosophy of being in the world as an artist. In Art Therapy: The canvas is the space and the body is the instrument enacting out life's dance.

15.01.2022 Enrol Into Online Art Classes (oil painting) with Ellen Michel Learn More: https://ellenmichelartschool.com.au/join-classes/... Music by: "Satie: Gnossiennes - No. 5" by Reinbert de Leeuw

14.01.2022 Berber Carpets and Tents, raw and honest, they are sustainable, durable with faults and imperfections visible, they are the art of living. Sleeping in a Berber Tent the greatest gift. I felt revitalized to surrounded by its honesty, security, with a sense of freedom and mobility. I think the world needs something of this fabric, where every thread of the waft and weft is valued, and works together. the aligning us with what is truly beautiful and important about living together on this planet. The art of living.

14.01.2022 Once I filled my ,and with mis. Then I opened it and lo, the mist was a worm. And I closed and opened my hand again and behold here was a bird. And again I closed and opened my hand, and in its hollow stood a man with a sad face, turned upwards. And again I closed my hand, and when I opened it there was naught but mist.... But I heard a song of exceeding sweetness. Khalil Gibran. See more

12.01.2022 Colour is enhanced with the neutral colours and juxtaposed opposite colours . Here in Jaipur at the Amber Fort colour is exaggerated by the grey of the sky and Pinkish brown of the walls create beautifully uncomplicated space to focus on the rich colours of the clothes.

11.01.2022 'Painting completed my life.' Frida Kahlo

10.01.2022 Pink Bowl of Life, Suspended poised between ,two worlds, Your perfection measured in milliseconds, That is why Art is to Soul, and, Life and Death are passionate Lovers.

10.01.2022 Medieval footwear of the 15th Century. Leather wraps of wondrous shapes, Pointed toes and ankle straps, Boots, made tall for the wealthy folk. Wooden soles like clogs,... for those who work in mud.. To don the vest of histories, By sifting romantic dreams, And bend the tales to suit, Belies the total story true, For histories were often bad not good. If wearing the past will help, To see a brighter road ahead, Then let's take the mantle on. And learn the lessons too. See more

10.01.2022 Piles of weathered stones piled to make a fence, Stones hewned and sorted, Over time, Fences to keep cattle in and ramblers out. Monuments to private property.

09.01.2022 Visiting the Tate Modern London I started thinking about the the idea of the relationship between the viewer and the art work as a direct line of communication which is personal but also ignites the imagination and curiosity. #creativity #fun #inspiration #creative #doodle #parenting #childhood #photooftheday

08.01.2022 The foaming sea crashes to the shore, The darting arrow of silver light, frames the bay, Above a steely band of broody darkness blocks the moisture laden clouds, warning, It is not their time or place,... To come to ground nor seek to fall, The rain must wait. Nevertheless, I stand anchored in awe, The touch stones of a big universe before me. See more

08.01.2022 Freedom is another word for nothing left to loose. I teach students to see form and the subtle shifts between one tone and another with a view to being able to put it down spontaneously in a fresh and unaffected way. #delicious #instagood #photooftheday #delish #fashion #sweet #style

08.01.2022 Passing Parade #foodporn #food #foodie #japanesefood #instafood #japanese #japan #foodstagram #instagood #sushitime #dinner #sashimi #sushilovers #feedfeed #delicious #yummy #foodgasm #travel #lunch #love #tokyo #picoftheday #restaurant #yum #eeeeeats #photooftheday #forkyeah #sushilover #fish #amazing

07.01.2022 Meadow Garden Kew Gardens.

07.01.2022 Ten vegetable wok

07.01.2022 Creating a garden, Is a life endeavour, Is a rolling list of tasks, Tasks requiring muscle, And sometimes patience,... Sometimes perseverance, Sometimes frustration, But always joy. #nature #gardening #plants #flowers #design #green #gardendesign #architecture #beautiful #love #landscape #summer #landscaping #jardin #flower #plant #home #gardenlife #spring #beauty #garten #gardens #homedecor #interiordesign #instagood #giardino #botanical #bloom #natural #decor See more

06.01.2022 Under the ancient tree, sitting on top of a hill reading the landscape. Eleven steps to the east the sun rises throwing shadow on the mountain as my eyes blur and water hiding its detail. At my feet little stones become houses in a tiny village where scratches in the gravel make roads and people are ants.

05.01.2022 Eugene Delecroix in the 17th Century said 'Remember the enemy of all painting is grey. A painting will always look greyer than it is on account of its oblique position under light'. Fundamentally he is right but there are ways to enliven 'grey' and that is to never use black to make grey but use three colours - blue, yellow and red (either cools or warms). This painting 'At Green Lake' is a quick sketch using three colours and white. #nature #travel #photography #photooftheday #wanderlust #instagood #beautiful #mountains #travelphotography #explore #adventure

04.01.2022 Walls for protection against the Sahara winds and storm in Tissardmine Oasis Village, Morroco. Walls made with mud, sand and straw and sometimes animal dung bricks and rammed earth. #egypt #luxury #london #moroccanstyle #travel #authenticitems #preowned #marrakech #handmade

03.01.2022 I was compelled to go to Scarborough, not really sure why, but when I got there it was like going home. Parsley, Sage,Rosemary and Thyme and Rusty Iron. Responding to a deep memory and a synthesis of elements. This is the creative process.

02.01.2022 Connectivity is the hallmark of fungi, natures internet serving nature for the good of all. #mushrooms #nature #mushroom #gluttonforlife #fungus #foraging #theoutsideinstitute #wildmushrooms #forest #catskills #shrooms #mycology #naturephotography #walkwithme #wildedibles #fungusamongus #gothic #dark #boomspharm #goth #adaptandgrow #photography #wildmushroom #art #naturalmedicine #manierenoire #noirlifestyle #darknature #mycelia #organic