Caren-Marie Michel
featured with Sandra Quinn and Amy Bernhardt
August 19-September 15
Reception August 24, 4-6
Caren-MarieMichel is a devoted plein air painter working in acrylic and pastel on locations all over Maine and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. Caren’s work explores the urban, industrial, and pastoral images of Maine and documents the ever-changing landscape in paint. She often portrays a location through series capturing different seasons or times of day with changing light and color.
I travel around Maine to paint what I see and experience in the landscape: to see color and to paint it.
Caren-Marie Michel was one of three Maine painters to be selected by Carl Little for this feature piece in the fall edition of Friends of Acadia. Click image above to access the article. (begins on page 14)
Caren-Marie Sargent Michel was born in Portland, Maine, and is a lifelong Maine resident. Her work explores the urban, industrial, and pastoral images of Maine and documents the ever-changing landscape in paint. Michel is a devoted plein air painter working in acrylic and pastel on locations all over Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. Michel often portrays a location through series capturing different seasons or times of day with changing light and color. Michel is Past President of the Pastel Painters of Maine and past Treasurer of the Union of Maine Visual Artists.