Being a painter who likes building things, it wasn’t long before she asked herself “What if I try to build a portrait?”
She found herself a picture of David Bowie and started building a small remake of it. She jokingly sent a photo of the finished portrait to a friend who said it was amazing and suggested she monetize it.
“After the David Bowie [portrait], I made a bigger version of a Vincent van Gogh, posted it on Instagram and it sold within two weeks. From there it was on fire,” shares the artist.
Michelle takes inspiration from popular existing artworks like those of Marilyn Monroe, Frida Kahlo and Vladimir Tretchikoff’s ‘Chinese Girl’ and puts her own unique spin by adding texture that introduces an entirely new depth to things.