Norwich Bulletin - Nancy Michaud in the press!

An article about me in the Norwich Bulletin.
This was printed on Friday, April 20th.

Deboulie Mt.

Every summer, if I can help it, I visit Eagle Lake Maine for a week. This is the town I am originally from, and lived in until I was six. It's a place that always feels like home, but will probably never be my home again.

Below are paintings of a day trip to Deboulie Mountain I took while in Eagle Lake last summer. I recently found the photographs and wanted to paint some of them...so here they are.

The dirt road in.

The lake (the mountain is in the background).

The tower on top of the mountain...

aka, the scariest, windiest place on earth.

My little cousin, Jared, kissing a trout he caught (the kiss of death, my friend).

I like these pieces, although they are a bit of a departure from the direction I've been going in. They've got sentimental value, which means a lot in my book. It was also a nice day, it was fun to revisit that day.

I got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud

www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff:

www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud

The Birdzzzz....

Ahh...we have finally been able to enjoy a few nice (but wet) days of real spring weather, and the birds have all come back...actually they've been acting like it's been spring for over a month now...what a tease!

Anyway, I have been experimenting a bit, painting mostly blackbirds. Above is my most successful blackbird painting (gosh I'm stuck on purple lately), and below is a triptych, of sorts, of some chickadees.

That is all for today!

Happy spring!

I got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud

www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff:
www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud

Some news...

Hello cyber-space!

FYI:

I have one hand-carved "Home is Where the Heart Is" sign ($20), "Window Cat" print ($50, see image above), the original "Salamander Love" painting ($60 - an awesome price for original artwork), and four signed copies of "Heart of Stone" ($11.99), as well as some free pens and postcards at The Crown and Kringle in Wethersfield, CT. Oh, and some lovely glass magnets: Music Notes, Red Ladybugs, and Copper Ladybugs ($.75 - Small, $1.50 Large). I'll post images of those soon.

By the way, buy some coffee while you're there. The coffee is WAY better than Starbucks, and they have danishes imported from Denmark. Plus, very reasonable prices. It's a nice place.

Here's the address:

Crown & Kringle

251 Main Street (Next to Comstock & Ferre)

Old Wethersfield, CT

860-529-0753

I got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud

www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff:

www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud

Salamander Love

This is a piece I made this past summer. I used to hike in a state forest in Salem, CT where there were many of these orange salamanders living under the rocks and leaves. They were really quite cute. Soon, a highway will be built right smack dab in the middle of this forest. I hope these little guys make it...

I painted this on a piece of oak. I am lucky enough to be able to get small scrap pieces of oak for free. If you can get a hold of a piece of oak, I highly recommend painting on it. It is a wonderful surface, especially for glazing.

I got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud

www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff:

www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud

Heart of Stone now available!

Heart of Stone is now available for purchase at Amazon.com! Here's a link to purchase the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Stone-Ana-Monnar/dp/0976803550/ref=sr_1_10/103-5971348-4766239?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174008236&sr=1-10

I got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud
www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff:

www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud

Lot's O' Links today I guess...

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

So I've been doing more photoshop work. These are all tee-shirt designs of anthropromorphic vegtables for my cafe press site. I think they're cute. I like cooking, I like gardening, I like eating, I like these guys and gals!

I'm not sure what I'll do next with photoshop. I think I may challenge myself with some compositions that include landscapes or interior spaces. I don't know.

All I know is, this is fun! I didn't realize how fun art can be when you just do whatever you want...I know soon, I'll be doing more work for clients, and I'll be doing what they want me to do...until then, I'm going to make lots of artwork, just for fun. Why the heck not?

Seals, vegetables, the thing I'm working on now are blackbirds. They've come back for the year (I seen 'em). Spring is coming, I just know it!

I've got more work online!

www.coroflot.com/nancymichaud
www.portfolios.com/nancymichaud

Tee shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff (You can find my veggies there):

www.cafepress.com/nancymichaud