Artist Info

Hi, I'm Michelle Louis

As artist and naturalist, I'm curious about how I experience the land, how I feel it deep in my bones, how to express that relationship, and what I can learn from it. My perspective is deeply influenced by opportunities to live, work, and study in rainforests from Mexico to the Bolivian Amazon. At home in Wisconsin, daily hikes in the contrasting landscapes formed at glacier's edge give form to a living palette ready for my brush.
Abstract expressionist in process, I paint to unleash energies that cultivate connection to the land and honor my kinship to the natural world.

Best known for large, abstract landscapes, artist and naturalist Michelle Louis has exhibited in group and solo shows worldwide. Her work is held in private, corporate, and public collections in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to art collectors, she's sold work to designers and consultants worldwide for projects large and small.

Trained in studio art, landscape architecture, and graphic design, Michelle Louis works full-time as an artist in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA. Her studio extends to her yard, where she nurtures an edible landscape that includes 8 kinds of berries.

Artist and naturalist Michelle Louis leaves the trail to observe a colony of leaf cutter ants. Amazon Basin, Bolivia. Photo by Alex Bauch.

From the sale of her art, Michelle donates science and nature books to schools and community libraries in Latin America. Photo by Patricia Luchsinger.

In the studio, putting finishing brushstrokes on a large abstract landscape

In the News-
Trout Museum of Art, Secura Exhibition and audio
Interview with artist Michelle Louis at Arts Business Institute.
"Finding Inspiration from the Female Creative Eye," by Maile Hulihan.
Craftwhack blog on Michelle Louis and The Other Art Fair.