Portrait Artist Forum - Michele Rushworth - Cafe Guerbois and Business Moderator

11-07-2002, 01:40 PM	#1
Michele Rushworth CAFE & BUSINESS MODERATOR SOG Member FT Professional Joined: Jul 2001 Seattle, WA Posts: 3,421	Michele Rushworth - Cafe Guerbois and Business Moderator Member, American Society of Portrait Artists and New York Society of Portrait Artists "I have always known I was an artist. My mother has drawings that I made which she has saved since I was three. I truly love painting portraits, knowing that I'm creating something of beauty that matters deeply to the people commissioning it. Each individual element in my paintings matters to the overall impression the portrait makes (what kind of chair the sitter is in, what their facial expression conveys about their personality, etc.) and I love creating a work of art when I know that the subject is so important to the client. That drives me to do the very best work I'm capable of and gives me immense pride and pleasure in what I do." — Michele Rushworth Michele has completed several hundred portrait commissions over the past twenty years, which are now in private collections in the United States and Canada. Her work is included in the corporate collections of Liberty Mutual Insurance, Providence Hospital in Seattle and Queen's University in Canada. She was also commissioned to paint a twenty-foot mural featuring thirty portraits for the Peel County Board of Education. Michele Rushworth received her education in Fine Arts at Queen's University and the Ontario College of Art, two of Canada's most prestigious art schools. Michele Rushworth was also recently featured on the national CBS News show, “The Early Show”, when she painted a portrait of one of the fallen firefighters from 9/11 and donated it to his widow. The following is a list of some of Michele Rushworth's awards, exhibitions and publications that have featured her work: · American Watercolor Society, Annual Juried Exhibition, N.Y.C. . Selected for inclusion in AWS national traveling exhibition · Salmagundi Arts Club Juried Exhibition, N.Y.C. · Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, N.Y. C. · Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington · Artists of the Northwest book · Markeim Center Annual Juried Exhibition, (Best of Show Award) · Markeim Center (Solo Show) · Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Annual (Winsor Newton Award) · Rutgers University, Annual Juried Exhibition · Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Invitational Exhibition "Portrait of Tommy G.", by Michele Rushworth, oil on canvas, 24" x 30" Attached Images __________________ Michele Rushworth www.michelerushworth.com mdrushworth@comcast.net

11-14-2002, 05:38 PM	#2
Cynthia Daniel SOG & FORUM OWNER Joined: Jun 2001 Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 1,995	Close-up Attached Images __________________ Cynthia Daniel, Owner of Forum & Stroke of Genius www.PortraitArtist.com