Michelle Louis

“Artist and naturalist, I’m curious about how nature inspires awe, how we feel it deep in our bones, how to express that connection, and what we can learn from it.
Painting is how I translate our interdependence with the natural world into a visual language that encourages people to think about its mysteries with curiosity and care rather than certainty.
I’m interested in the kind of not-knowing that opens us to critical thinking, humility, and wonder.”

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. She’s licensed work to designers and consultants 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.