My name is Michelle and I’m an abstract landscape artist based in South Wales, working primarily with oil and cold wax. My work is rooted in atmosphere, in the shifting space between darkness and light, where something begins to emerge rather than fully reveal itself.

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The paintings I create aren’t literal places, but impressions of landscape shaped by memory, mood and a sense of something just out of reach. I’m drawn to contrast, particularly the tension between deep, unapologetic darks and moments of light. It’s this balance that gives the work its depth and quiet drama.

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My process is intuitive and layered. I build, scrape back and respond to what’s happening on the surface, allowing the painting to unfold over time. Rather than working toward a fixed outcome, I’m interested in what appears through the process, the unexpected moments where the painting begins to hold something of its own.

 

 

There’s often a sense of stillness in the work, but not a passive calm, more a quiet tension, as though something is forming beneath the surface. I want the paintings to invite you to pause, to look longer, and to experience them rather than simply move past them.

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Living and working in South Wales, I’m continually influenced by the surrounding landscape, the mist, the shifting light, and the sense of space that feels both open and contained at the same time.

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Ultimately, I’m interested in creating work that holds attention through atmosphere, depth and the subtle movement between light and dark.