SALE - Drifter II

Drifter was created with lots of splishing and splashing using fluid acrylic paints. It was inspired by Australian summers and waves crashing.

The canvas measures 121.92cm x 91cm and it has been sealed with archival varnish to avoid fading and yellowing.

The pieces on the wall are for reference, although they are a meant to be a true representation of the sizing, please be sure that you are aware of the dimensions before purchasing.

Deeply inspired by organic elements that are immensely expressive, beautifully intuitive and evoke a magnetic sense of freedom, Michelle creates works that celebrate the core components of environmental beauty. Utilising a mix of mediums that include inks, high flow paints and markers, her creative process is liberal, highly instinctive, free of inhibitions, and aims to engage viewers by stirring emotional connections. Producing each work through a method of multilayering, the initial stages add texture, contrast and depth, as the colours and composition are worked to a refined quality, whilst the final inclusions add dimension, vitality and expression, as the paint is integrated in an exceedingly energetic approach.

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Dispensing an explosion of colour onto the canvas, the work of Sydney artist Michelle
Drougas is unequivocally evocative, instinctual and encapsulating. Intoxicated by the
quintessence of organic creation, her works pursue the embodiment of bewitching biological
beauty, whilst manifesting emotional bonds that are boundless in nature. In conjunction with
this intrinsic inspiration, Michelle places her most profound, deep-seated sense of self onto
the canvas, in an attempt to extend to higher realms and explore wider scopes within her
works. Her intrepid depictions are the consequence of perpetual evolution and adaptation, a
process that formed following a short creative course in abstract florals she was gifted one
Mother’s Day.

Electing a high intermix of media and layering, Michelle employs a process highly intuitive in
nature, in which each phase leads to the illumination of the next. Commencing with a
rudimentary wash of colour, adjoined to a contrasting coverage of colouring, these initial
layers provide the work’s foundational complexion. An intermingling of expressive brush
strokes and a catapultian of paint portray the innate sensations of liberation and gratification
that derive from nature’s most uncluttered state. Once these portions are present, they’re
laboured on the canvas into a rendering that characteristically reflects the equilibrium
between the outward world and the innermost landscape. Greatly committed to repeated
practise, as well as persistent trial and error, much of Michelle’s artistic methodology steams
from an acceptance that a great measure of her creative possibilities are yet to be wholly and
entirely realised.