Michele Montalbano
Escape #1, 36 x 60 inches, Oil on canvas, 2022
Escape #2, 36 x 48 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2022
Michele Montalbano is an artist whose work is inspired by nature and everyday objects. She is a California native who grew up outdoors, inherently drawn to nature. She feels the need to depict a world that honors nature’s beauty, and provides hope and a momentary escape from a chaotic ever-changing world — for her as the artist, as well as for the viewer. Montalbano strives to bring some of the sensual beauty of nature to the surface of the canvas with the rich colors and layered textures that oil paint allows.
Michele Montalbano is a painter, printmaker, and installation artist from California, now living in the DC metropolitan area. She has an MFA in Painting from George Washington University. Her work has been exhibited widely including solo shows at Workhouse Art Center and The Arlington Arts Center in Virginia and Hillyer Art Space in Washington, D.C. Montalbano was a 2019 Trawick Semi-Finalist.
My Own Private Cove, 30 x 40 inches, Oil on board
