2022
American artist Michele Mikesell incorporates elements of Pop art, Surrealism and Expressionism into her eclectic works and creates a unique visual experience for the viewer. Her figurative paintings and portrait paintings depict figures that seem to be peering out at and contemplating anyone within a stone’s throw of the works. In Mikesell’s subjects’ faces, the influence of the 17th-century Dutch masters is also detectable, while her abstract paintings are marked by the influence of postwar Abstract Expressionist painters.
Mikesell was born in Alabama in 1973. She earned her BFA at Texas Woman's University, Denton, in 2002, where she minored in graphic design. In 2004, Mikesell earned her MFA at the University of Oklahoma before moving to Dallas to begin her artistic career. It didn't take long for her to begin turning heads. Dallas-based DECORAZON Gallery, located in the city's historic Bishop Arts District, started representing her in 2006.
When Mikesell begins to work on a piece in her studio, she is unhurried, allowing each project to unfold before her by reacting to the marks in the paint. Many of her paintings are of human figures with whom viewers may feel a sense of familiarity, while other works feature anthropomorphic animals or petroglyphs meant to function as metaphors for the dichotomy of animal instincts and human ideas. Mikesell also draws inspiration from mythology: The Morrigan (2017), for example, is based on a powerful figure from Irish folklore.
Mikesell has exhibited at many art fairs around the world, including SCOPE Art Show, London Art Fair, Aqua Art Miami and the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong. She had a solo exhibition at the Ardmore Museum of Art in Oklahoma, and her work is held in numerous private and corporate collections and has been featured in publications like Juxtapoz magazine.
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$5,700
H 50 in W 40 in
De La Saint - Original Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Canvas, Oil
Soulster - Mixed Media
By Michael Lotenero
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. No frame needed. About the Artist: Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog. His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak. His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby...
Mixed Media
$4,900
H 63 in W 51.19 in D 1.58 in
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - Le Célestine
By Sandra Detourbet
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink, gouache on canvas & handmade paper Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in 1997 from ENSAD in Pari...
Canvas, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Ink
$2,596
H 43.71 in W 30.32 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
By Urszula Wilk
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$4,100
H 38.98 in W 33.08 in
"Figure 17-7" mixed media on canvas by Michelle Y Williams (39x33in), 2017
By Michelle Y Williams
Located in Paris, France
"Figure 17-7", mixed media by Michelle Y Williams. Michelle Y Williams lives and works in Texas. She has exhibited extensively in Houston as well as across the United States, Asia a...
Mixed Media
$5,900
H 45.28 in W 45.28 in D 1.19 in
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Graffiti, 115X115 cm, Excellent
By Natan Cooper
Located in New York, NY
The image is a colorful, abstract acrylic on canvas artwork that combines figurative and geometric elements. At the center, there is a person with short dark hair, resting their arms...
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Figure by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 20 x 2 in.
Canvas, Oil
$6,962
H 63 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Paradigm - Antoine Néron Bancel, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Antoine Néron Bancel
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed Unique work Antoine Néron-Bancel is a young French artist of brazilian origins. After studying literature in France, he graduated from The Nîmes Schoo...
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Collage Figure #1, Abstract Painting
By Gail Ragains
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman's body takes form through shifting shapes and textures. Her figure balances representation and stylization. Gestural lines, layers of collage, and paint...
Mixed Media
$5,900
H 47.25 in W 36.23 in D 1.19 in
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Consciousness, 120X92 cm, Excellent
By Natan Cooper
Located in New York, NY
A fragmented human face emerges from a swirling landscape of blues, purples, and abstract shapes. Veins, branches, and lines trace the contours of thought, memory, and emotion. The f...
Canvas, Oil
Agathodaemon, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Hildebrand, Abstract figurative oil on canvas, Animal-human, soft background
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
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. Mikesel...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Phaedra's Horse, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Kore of Lyons by Michele Mikesell, Oil on canvas, pop figurative painting
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
Kore of Lyons is a stunning pop figurative painting by Michele Mikesell. Using oil on canvas, the figure is abstractly painted with a bright color palette. MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973,...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Artemis, Oil on canvas, abstract figurative painting, yellow and orange
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
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. Mikesel...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Fylgia, animal figurative portrait, mysterious and whimsical oil painting
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
