FEATURED ARTIST – AUGUST 2017
MICHELLE JURSA
Michelle is a fine art finger painter. Having started with brushes, she noticed that more than 50% of the paint application was with her fingers. This felt so natural, so she decided to focus solely on finger painting using rich, brightly coloured oil paints…and gloves, of course!
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Biography
Michelle is the Director of Programs for two of Canada’s preeminent business recognition programs. Although her career in the corporate world has been successful and enjoyable, she felt there was something missing. She took a painting class a few years ago and never looked back!
While painting in acrylics using brushes, Michelle noticed that more than 50% of the paint application was with her fingers. In the last year she realized this was her preferred way to paint and now she focuses solely on finger painting using rich, brightly coloured oil paints…and gloves, of course! Each painting is detailed stroke by stroke using simply her fingers. “I feel as though I am right there in the scene when I paint with my fingers…it’s like a combination of sculpting and painting.”
Having taken several workshops with favourite artists, Michelle is primarily a self-taught painter. Inspiration comes from just about anywhere – country roads, shadows in the snow, mischievous cats, other artists’ work….life in general!
