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Falling Leaves

11/8/2016

 
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Red oaks light up the autumn woods. ©2016 Michelle Louis
In summer, the combination of sky blue with the luminous greens of a healthy forest is a calm alliance. Fall brings drama. Chlorophyll stops converting light to sugars as green disappears, revealing more cautionary yellows, oranges, and reds. Leaves boldly glitter, then flutter to the ground. Winds shift. Winter can no longer be denied.
Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country,​ but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind. -Aldo Leopold

Learn more about the chemistry of fall colors here. 
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National Parks, Personal Narratives

11/1/2016

 
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"Morning Rain/Ice Age National Scenic Trail," 67" x 52" on canvas

​ I'm honored to be one of 100 artists selected from across the country to participate in an exhibition celebrating the National Parks 100th Anniversary. I walk in nature on public lands more than 1,200 miles/year as part of my art practice- most of it on the the several Ice Age National Scenic Trail Segments located near my home. This cultivates a living palette of form, movement, and color ready for my brush. The jury-selected painting, "Morning Rain/Ice Age National Scenic Trail," was inspired by an early morning walk in the rain on the Table Bluff Segment of the IAT. It emerged from paint and moment to suggest a remembered experience that I worked to reinforce.

The exhibition, National Parks, Personal Narratives, October 21-November 27, takes place at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI, just east of the Twin Cities.  
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    Artist and naturalist Michelle Louis has a vigorous curiosity about the natural world. Her  energetic, investment-quality paintings bring balance and harmony
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