Michelle Bolitho is a Victorian based Photographic artist who draws inspiration comes from the ocean, all things beachy, crazy flowers, peoples faces, life in the snow and majestic trees.
Mount Martha VIC
Photographic Artist
Michelle Bolitho is a Victorian based Photographic artist who draws inspiration comes from the ocean, all things beachy, crazy flowers, peoples faces, life in the snow and majestic trees.
Artworks: 9
As an emerging Photographic Artist, Michelle Bolitho is always learning and experimenting with her creative practices; adding layers of paint, collage, textures & resin. Growing in confidence to express herself more creatively and share her stories in new and bold directions. She is very passionate about bringing a ‘Female Gaze’ to her stories which are very feminine and empowering in their essence. Bolitho hopes to reveal emotion, complexity, confidence, vulnerability and power through the many layers in the image.
‘Nature throws so much beauty at us and when the landscape is so spectacular, so breathtaking, often a photo does not do it justice. So instead, what I try to do is look beyond the beauty and towards the ordinary and hopefully capture something interesting and unique from the picture-perfect scene in front of me. I want to take beautiful photographs that make their way to your home.’
‘For some of my pieces, I specifically choose printing on wood to allow the grain and imperfections to show through into the image – giving another layer and texture. Flaws are visible, adding to the complexity and humanness of the females across the series. I had to let go of my own need for perfection with the final outcome and embrace beautiful mistakes along the way.’
SHE IS…..
“Layers of creative imagery and unbridled imagination are merged together by Michelle, who uses photography as her foundation and inspiration. Her art travels along the lines of innocence, self-consciousness to land finally in a graphically dreamy landscape where the fully-formed female and her empowerment lies. Colour, shadow, light and layers of imagery and imagination merge with the ever-evolving images of Bolitho’s many muses.”
THEY MEET AT THE SEA
A body of work inspired by the ocean and the layers of beauty, strength, love & fragility that encompass the landscape and the people who move through the water with respect & connection.
“They hear her roar in the crashing of her waves and respond with worship and respect. Mother Nature is in charge. She is complex, colourful, powerful, unpredictable and beautiful. Crowds gather and gasp. They walk in hurried silence, in trance like steps to the edge – they wait. Patient and exhilarated. Anxious and eager. The constant dance of layered strength, beauty and anticipation.”
“With commissions for Affinity Women’s’ Health, an exhibition in the PSC Covid Gallery, category winners for Flinders Art Show & Mt Eliza Art & Design Show, submissions to the Linden New Art Postcard Show and a branding collaboration under her artistic belt, Michelle continues to take the leap into the world of artistic expression via her camera. This visual art maker continues to challenge herself by bringing fine-art skills to her photographic table.”
Debut Exhibition – Manyung Gallery Group 1-16 May 2021 | She Is…..
JahRoc Galleries Margaret River – November 2021 | They Meet at the Sea
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