Every painting is a journey, this one just happened to take the longest to complete. One year after putting my sketch on canvas I declared it finished. Although I was happy with the results, I realized a degree of loss as well, as I would no longer have the challenge of working on this painting again.
The reaction people have upon seeing “North Bay Carousel” made me realize that it deserves a bigger audience than one. It should be on display where people who need more happiness in their lives can see it, as viewers of the painting seem to experience the same joy I had in creating it. As there is only one painting, and I could not afford to give it away, I came up with a way to donate the image of the painting. While Children’s Hospitals came to mind immediately, I am open to hearing from any facility that could benefit from displaying “North Bay Carousel”.
As of 2011 three donations have been placed. Information on the Carousel Project can be found via the donations/fundraiser link.
Artist-signed giclée prints on canvas are also available in the following sizes:
70″ × 56″, 56″ × 46″, 31″ × 24″
“North Bay Carousel” was a crowd favorite with visitors on school trips when it hung in the Appleton Art Center’s “Art Zoo” exhibition in 2007. The kids would stand in front of it and ask questions. For instance, “Is this horse moving or is it still?”
Timothy Riley
What Michelle does better than anyone I have seen in the region is play with light. It almost appears as if there is movement. We talked about why that is. Not all paintings evoke that kind of response, but that painting is a natural teaching tool.
Executive Director of the Appleton Art Center