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Michele Zalopany Paintings

American, b. 1955
Born in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, Michele Zalopany is a contemporary American artist best known for her large-scale watercolor and pastel paintings based on photographs found in digital picture collections, old books, and flea markets, etc. Found photographs and film screen shots that had originally served other purposes -- family snapshots, police photos, real estate, travel documentation -- when rendered, directly from the image, with traditional art materials, take on additional meanings, such as socio-psychological-political content. She resides in New York City. She exhibited in the 1989 Whitney Biennial and her work is included in more than 25 institutions including the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Yokohama Museum, Japan; Royal College of Art, London.
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Artist: Michele Zalopany
Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting
Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting

Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting

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Located in New York, NY

Executed in black, grey and brown, this monumental charcoal and pastel painting conveys the mythic drama and beauty of an active volcano. Rising in the shape of a wide, low cone, the...

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Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape

Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape

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1980s Realist Michele Zalopany Paintings

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