MICHELLE CONDRAT Salt Lake City, Utah
Michelle Condrat is a native of Utah and has lived there for almost her entire life. After earning her art and art history degrees from the University of Utah in 2007, she continued with her artistic journey, painting the unique landscape of Utah and the Southwest. When she is not working in the studio, she is spending her time in the outdoors, driving through mountain ranges, fishing lakes and streams, and hiking through canyons, where she gathers inspiration and subject matter for her paintings. Michelle is known for her unique “digital” or “architectural” style of intense color choices and linear blended strokes, giving motion and depth to her paintings. She has won numerous awards, including the People’s Choice Award at the Zion National Park Invitational (2019) and the Purchase Award at the Sears Dixie Invitational (2021).
As I look out across the Grand Canyon, I see the same element that carved out the magnificent landscape before me, but instead of flowing through the rocky terrain, the water falls down from the sky reflecting the colors of the sunset as it catches the last moments of daylight. There is beauty to the cycle of nature and how life sources like water can form in different ways and do extraordinary things such as carving out an entire canyon or bringing life to the land. Seeing this perfect storm in the distance reminds me that we are all connected to this amazing world and that it is something to be cherished and respected for our future and for the generations to come.
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