About the Work
My paintings explore the space where thought, memory, and emotion take shape — the hidden terrain of the mind.
Using the skull and brain as recurring symbols, I trace how consciousness moves through the body: how light, pattern, and color express what we can’t see but constantly feel.
What began as a fascination with form has become a study of presence. Each piece exists between realism and abstraction, anatomy and energy — an attempt to give language to what lives within.
Through this ongoing series, I AM: Instant Abstract Metaphors, I explore the movement of awareness itself. Closed forms become metaphors for resistance; open spaces, for release. Every mark captures the quiet shift between thought and emotion — a record of what it means to become whole from the inside out.
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Collaborations
“Sunday Polo”
This painting was commissioned by a non profit organization as an auction item. The image was placed on bags for VIP gifts.
I designed a one-of-a-kind box using images of a town in Italy for the Protect My Shoes luxe Ciao Bella shoe cushion collection.
Watercolor painting was featured in the 2023 Downtown Boca calendar.
Featured by Paige Kornblue in the Boca Magazine about my 2023 Artists and Entrepreneurs watercolor series.
Michelle Sherman Art 