About the Artist:
Michele Usibelli resides in the quiet enclave of Woodway, Washington, north of Seattle, in the waterfront city of Edmonds.  Born and raised in Seattle, Michele's artistic interests blossomed early in childhood, and took a more structured path as a graduate of the University of Washington school of Architecture.  After practicing architecture for several years the desire to travel led her to pursue opportunities in the tourism industry in Washington, Utah, Arizona and Alaska. 

After meeting her husband in Alaska and returning to Washington. Michele chose to once again pursue her artistic calling. and draw upon her extensive travels and life experiences as the basis of her work.  As the mother of three young children, avid gardener and cook, Michele finds personal fulfillment in her richly colored paintings. 

Michele paints in her Woodway studio, often with a close group of fellow women painters, and during workshops, painting trips, or "en plein air".  Michele works primarily in oils, with a flavor of impressionism in her representational art style.  Michele is recognized for her expressive colors and the passionate brushwork she achieves in her portraits, landscapes, still lifes and figurative work.