Artists' Studios

Edward Michell

Edward Michell's dramatic abstracts display a haunting, ghost-like richness that evokes the coloration and patinas of another era. Michell's palette incorporates such raw natural materials as: Yukon gold leaf, Canadian silver leaf, crushed diamonds from the Ekati diamond mine, Alberta oil sands, hand-dug ochres, paints made from blueberries, raspberries and beets, and green paints made from the natural pigments extracted from grass and leaves. He transforms elements of our land into amazing works of art.  "I create art from our land. Using age-old techniques and natural paints and materials, I push the limits on what and how we perceive Canada. I want to explore the guts of the land, using Canada's natural materials and recreate natural paints and patinas from the Renaissance and bring them to the forefront of today."  Edward is a third generation Calgarian who was educated at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Ryerson University in Toronto and F.A.O.L. in Carcassonne, France.

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