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Known for her powerful and elegant color work, Michelle Torrez' expressionistic oil painting figures are vivid and painterly. But on closer examination, there are qualities that are not obvious - Torrez communicates the beauty of unlikely emotions.
Torrez believes that the greatest influences on her work were the circumstances of her childhood and teen-age years. "My life influenced me to look deeper to find the beauty and humanity in people and places. Even at an early age, I knew I was an artist."
Born in Denver, Colorado, Torrez is the oldest of four children from a working class family. Caring for her younger siblings while her parents worked, she would sit on the porch and draw to pass the time. "The other children would come round to watch, and art soon became a way of making friends for me." Instead of playing with other children, she drew them on computer paper her father brought home from his job at IBM.
Her art became a survival skill in a rough urban junior high school, where Torrez entertained even the toughest girls by drawing pictures of naked men. By the age of 13, she was painting and selling black light posters, and found herself drawn to the work of Andy Warhol, Peter Max, and Spanish painters Velasquez and Salvador Dali.
Rebelliousness and the artistic spirit often go hand in hand. Torrez was living on her own by the age of 15, married at 17, the mother of two by 20, and divorced by 23. As a single parent, she was forced to find ways to use her talent to support her family. Torrez studied passive solar architecture design and attended Colorado Institute of Art where she was at the top of her class. She graduated in 1987 with an Associates Degree in Advertising Design.
In Dallas, Torrez worked as an art director at an advertising agency, and began to explore the medium of sculptural jewelry. After returning to her native Colorado, she continued a career in advertising until 1994 when she formed a mural painting company, Studio M. Her murals appear in private residences and businesses throughout Colorado. Currently, she is a full-time artist living and working in Denver. In recent years, Torrez has continued to explore her medium with the Denver Art Students League, studying with artists Kim English and Dale Chisman. Torrez' work has appeared in the Dallas Museum of Art Gallery, the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Sofia, Bulgaria, and many private collections.
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- Creator:Michelle Torrez (American)
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Edgartown, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1642735082
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