This page is a temporary page to give collectors a preview of the upcoming exhibit.
Michelle Spiziri
Enormously Small
Preview (collector's advance viewing)
This preview gives you the opportunity to view and purchase the pieces in the exhibit before it opens to the public.
Purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Opening Reception November 5th, 2022 4pm-6pm
Show runs from -
November 5th, 2022 - January 21st, 2023
This preview highlights all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors. As a member of our Collector's Preview list, you have the unique opportunity to see all of these pieces and have a first opportunity to purchase.
Additional images, or a video, to see the work from alternate angles are available upon request.
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm
Call or email to make a purchase or schedule a visit to the gallery.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Thumbnails below may be cropped to fit a square shaped preview. Click image for a full view.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Thumbnails below may be cropped to fit a square shaped preview. Click image for a full view.
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A Cat’s Life
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic and gouache on board $600 |
Astral Journey
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on board $675 |
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Birth of Eden
8"x8"x2", 2022, Acrylic and collage on board $650 |
Champion
5"x5", 2022, Acrylic on canvas $400 |
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China Doll
8"x8", 2022, Acrylic and medium on board $650 |
Cloud Spotting
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on clayboard $600 |
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Color is my Life Blood
10"x10", 2022, Acrylic on board $700 |
Continuance of Hope
8"x8" , 2022, Acrylic and medium on gessoboard $650 |
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Cotton Candy
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on board $600 |
De Colores
10"x8", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $700 |
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Dream Carnival
8"x8"x2", 2022, Acrylic on board $650 |
Graffiti Kitty
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on board $600 |
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Green Pastures
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage and acrylic on paper $600 |
In My Dreams Last Night
10"x8", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $700 |
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Inside the Mind of Vincent
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $600 |
It Came Then Went
10"x8", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $700 |
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Leda
14"x11", 2019, Acrylic on board $840 |
Moonlight Shenanigans
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage and acrylic on paper $600 |
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Nostalgia Interference
14"x11"x2", 2022, Acrylic and collage on canvas $840 |
Pink
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage and mixed media on raw canvas $600 |
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Puppy Love
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic and gouache on aquaboard $675 |
Seed Souls
10"x8", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $700 |
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Spirit Guides
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on aquaboard $675 |
Stain
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage and acrylic on paper $600 |
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Still Falling
8"x8", 2018, Acrylic on canvas $650 |
Strings Attached
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage on raw canvas $600 |
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Sweet Dreaming
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic and gouache on aquaboard $675 |
The Captives
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on board $600 |
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The Keepers
5"x5", 2022, Acrylic on canvas $400 |
The See-er
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic and oil pastel on gessoboard $675 |
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Three Dots
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Acrylic and texture on raw canvas $600 |
Three Faces of Self
6"x6", 2022, Acrylic on board $675 |
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Yesterday’s News
6"x6" (Frame 12.5"x12.5"), 2021, Collage and mixed media on raw canvas $600 |
Zen of Pooh
10"x8", 2022, Acrylic on gessoboard $700 |
Artist - Michelle Spiziri
Statement
As a painter, I am interested in what happens when color, form, movement, and shape interact with each other forming their own dialogue.
Painting for me is as much about self discovery as it is about visual space.
I paint in response to what my subconscious mind makes room for. I'm using art to escape from old patterns towards a freedom of undeniable love of the self.
I want all emotions and all parts to be present. I paint to make a place for all the parts of myself that seek expression, even if I don’t want to see or love all the parts that make myself.
The works and paintings are finished when they flirt on a lively tension of movement and rest. The next work knows a little about the previous, but still cannot explain itself. They are always moving into unknown territory. They are their own energy.
Painting for me is as much about self discovery as it is about visual space.
I paint in response to what my subconscious mind makes room for. I'm using art to escape from old patterns towards a freedom of undeniable love of the self.
I want all emotions and all parts to be present. I paint to make a place for all the parts of myself that seek expression, even if I don’t want to see or love all the parts that make myself.
The works and paintings are finished when they flirt on a lively tension of movement and rest. The next work knows a little about the previous, but still cannot explain itself. They are always moving into unknown territory. They are their own energy.
Biography
Image credit: Barbara O Photography
Website - https://michellespiziri.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michellespiziri/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michellereneespiziri Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/MichelleSpiziriart/_saved/ |
Michelle Spiziri was born at the Naval Base Hospital in Key West Florida in 1967 but grew up in Lancaster PA. She is the second of 5 children. Michelle’s early influence with art came through her Aunt Christine who is an artist and extraordinary teacher. She introduced, guided, and mentored Michelle throughout her youth and into high school where her art teacher, Richard Ressel, pushed her even further. Between the two of them they helped Michelle take the steps needed to apply to art school. Michelle began college in 1986 at the Pennsylvania School For The Arts, now PCAD, located in Lancaster, PA. She graduated from PSA&D in 1990 with a Diploma of Fine Art after changing her major from Commercial to Fine Art. While there, She had the incredible opportunity to travel to Paris. It was there, she says, where she woke up. After graduating She moved to Baltimore to attend MICA and lived for many years at the Artist Housing Cooperative where she was surrounded by many other creatives.
In 1992 Michelle graduated with a Degree of Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art. After a year she went back to school to Towson University where she received her Art Teaching certification for grades K-12 in Disciplined Based Art Education. Since then she’s been active showing her paintings in many Baltimore galleries and other places in MD from City Hall to restaurants and in Pennsylvania galleries. Many of Michelle’s paintings have been published in literary magazines.Since college, Michelle has worked in a variety of industries. She had worked on the set of Homicide, Life on the Street and other made for TV commercials and side sets, faux finished for Twin Diamond Studio, steamer and bar tender at the famous John Steven LTD in Fells point, fitness instructor, advertising and medical sales professional, art teacher, actress, and last but not least, owner, founder, and conceptualizer of Type A Home, a Home Wellness & Lifestyle Management Company from 2008-2020. Since 2016 Michelle has re-emerged as a full time artist. As an Intuitive artist, her work takes on morphing forms and connects instinctively with the viewer. Her work is colorful, illustrative, compositionally edgy, and emotive. She primarily works in acrylics and mixed media in a variety of sizes and substrates. Michelle and her husband, plus two rescue cats, live in Baltimore County. At one time they had a small farm-ette with rescue race horses and 30 Nigerian Dwarf goats but have since simplified. |