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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Original Artwork by Mi"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="gallery"><U>gallery</U></A>   |   about the artist   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="commission mi"><U>commission mi</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="contact mi "><U>contact mi </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="shop"><U>shop</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="220b7760.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="118" ALT="my implements" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> about the artist</div> <bR> <div> statement</div> <div> Thank you for visiting <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Mistral" ><B>Original Artwork by Mi</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Mistral" >. </FONT>My name is Michelle Harris-Clark and I am a freelance self-representing artist.  I believe an artist exist in everyone. Art is an expression of life...be it through ... words on paper, images on canvas, or an image captured through the lens of a camera. I focus on creating original artworks including (but not limited to) <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Mistral" >portraits, still life, and abstracts</FONT> using a variety of mediums.  Feel free to check out the types of original artwork available through commission at this time <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Enviro" ><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="commission mi"><U><B>commission mi</B></U></A><B>.  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Mistral" >Limited-edition print</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Mistral" >s</FONT> are also available ... click here to check them out <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Enviro" ><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="shop"><U><B>shop</B></U></A></FONT>. </div> <bR> <div> background<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> My artistic abilities and interest in the arts surfaced at a very young age. Recognizing her intrigue and talent, my mother arranged for personalized art instruction by an aspiring artist while residing in Detroit Michigan. Through this instruction, my artistic abilities and interest grew. So encouraged and inspired by the instruction provided, I volunteered, at a young age, to provide art instruction to young children in a metropolitan daycare facility in Detroit Michigan. My desire to share my talent has never ceased. I continue to share my talent with children of all ages as often as possible as well as encourage other aspiring artist to pursue their artistic talent.</div> <bR> <div> A graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago Illinois, my studies in the arts also include Rockford College, Rockford Illinois and Northern Illinois University, Barrington Illinois. I also studied master portrait artists through courses offered at Spirit Square in Charlotte North Carolina.  My artworks are in private collections throughout the midwest. Earlier works have been displayed in several exhibits in the midwest.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>