Artist: Michelle Nixon
Title: A Breath of Scotland
Medium: Watercolor
Unframed Dimensions: 18 x 12 inches
Framed Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
Price: $1,000
Artist Statement: Created from a watercolor sketch from the window of a train.
Artist Bio: Michelle Nixon is an award-winning watercolorist with national and international recognition. Her work has been published in numerous art magazines, and she is an active educator, leading workshops and serving as a juror for exhibitions. She holds a BFA in Visual Art and a master’s in the Sociology of Aesthetics. She was a 2024 Artist Resident at the Center for LDS art in New York City and her work is in the permanent collection of a number of museums and galleries, including the Springville Museum of Art. Her work delves into the intersection of social themes and formalistic beauty, exploring the concept of the social aesthetic. She examines how substituting objective forms in art with subjective ones can alter composition and design, reflecting the shared experiences of humanity.
