Michelle Howard
West Midlands
Michelle Howard
West Midlands
Its really hard for me to put my finger on what makes me, me! What makes me tick... well I guess as a creative person with many interests that have evolved over time and experiences. I can never say one thing is trully me, because they are all me.. and they have led me down one road.
My life has always been about creating a image... I have always been fascinated with portraits, But because I never really wanted to ask for much.. I kept my asks as cheap as I could ask for. So my first reach was to pencils and paper, because no matter where you are you can always find a pen and paper from any shop. So I would spend my time drawing from what I could see and what I could imagine. I must admit I love films and find my mind goes wild with ideas when I watch anything, I am totally fixed.
So through many years I developed my skills, feeding my inner creative monster as much as I could depending on the resources around me.
But in 2003 I lost my mom to cancer, my brain seemed as though the wires in my brain were no longer firing the way they should. I couldn't draw and when I did I felt nothing... no steam, I had no idea what to draw or paint. The loss of my mom had left a void in my heart and brain. But eventually my inner soul would find its way back to me. Just like water it forged its way back to me and gave me my saving breath.
I was soon finding away back through a painting that depicted my own grief. It made what I could not make sense of, make sense. I could not believe what was in front of me..
It was from this point I began to explore photography once again.. WOW!
It consumed me.. amazed me.. and I fell deeply unabashfully in love with what happened. I did not always no how I did what I did. But my artistic eye was drawn to what was infront of me, and my instinct new! My training gave me the silent knowledge that my instinct pushed me to take...
SOoo thats me..
In a nutshell artsist, photographer, designer to wana be writer!!