Art in Alternative Spaces

Featured Artist

Michele Van Patten-Muzones

© Michele Van Patten-Muzones A Time to Grow Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Beauty in Bloom Oil on Canvas, 36 x 48"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Cravings Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Fruits of my Labor Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones His Angel Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40"

© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Boxer - Tucker Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Akita - Kiko Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 36"	© Michele Van Patten-Muzones Yellow Lab - Chelsea Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30"

© Michele Van Patten-Muzones

Seagull

Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30"

© Michele Van Patten-Muzones

Untitled

Mixed Media, 30 x 40"

Artist's Statement

Michele is the owner of M. Van Patten Designs, an illustration and design studio.    She received her Bachelor of Art Degree from Columbia College in Chicago, IL.   She currently resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband and four children.    Her artwork consists of private commission portraits, murals, logos, and product design and illustration.    For the last 15 years to present, she has freelanced for The Bradford Exchanges, Hamilton Collection, Wilton Industries and Ashton-Drake Galleries.

"All my life I have been creating art.    I have seen how my many commercial illustrations, murals, and portrait commissions have touched the lives of their recipients.    I have made a career out of creating art for others.   While I continue to work as a freelance illustrator/designer, my most recent accomplishment is one I am most proud of as an artist.   Inspired by my last pregnancy, I have begun a personal journey - painting for myself.    I have found value in my life experience and fulfillment in expressing that on canvas."