Michelle Cordova
Transition...
The following was written over the month of October 2023. Because of the emotional nature of the process of letting go of, and moving out...
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Michelle Cordova
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Dedicated Space...
It pains me to be in here now. Even as I’m soaking up every minute I spend in here, in my studio, in my dedicated space, my heart breaks...
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Michelle Cordova
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Protecting the Art...
Art, specifically painting, is something I’ve done since I could hold a brush. As a little kid I’d use crayon to draw on my parent's...
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Michelle Cordova
- Aug 2
- 2 min
The Journal & Me...
I’ve written in a journal since I could hold a pen. As a young girl, I had the types of journals with locks on them. I wrote poetry, and...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Love...
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” ~Rumi Love. One syllable. A simple word with the most complex,...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Creative Energy...
Most artists I know create more than one form of art. Artists paint, make music, dance, sew, write, sing, sculpt, and do so much more to...
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Michelle Cordova
- May 11
- 1 min
Still Here...
As I sit in the part sun, part shade of the patio, behind the old garage, behind the house I live in, looking out at the backyard garden...
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Michelle Cordova
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Sanctuary...
“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.” ~Herman Hesse To me, sanctuary is...
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Michelle Cordova
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Solitude...
“The solitude that I find in my studio is one of plenitude. I am enough for myself. I live fully there.” ~ Artist, Joan Mitchell I had...
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Michelle Cordova
- Feb 6
- 1 min
Where I Live...
I paint where I live. As a subject, I mean. I paint what surrounds me. It may seem obvious to paint what is directly around you, but I...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jan 2
- 1 min
The Spill Series...
The current batch of acrylics on canvas I’m working on are nature-inspired, “spill” paintings. What is a “spill” painting? The spill...
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Michelle Cordova
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Some Come Easy...
Paintings begin with the spark of inspiration. A slant of a roof, the color of the sky on a particular day, a color combination that...
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Michelle Cordova
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
My Beach...
After seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s film, “The Birds”, filmed in the small coastal town of Bodega, and on the coast in Bodega Bay,...
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Michelle Cordova
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Painting Pumpkins...
Mustard yellows, hues of brown, red rusts, and every variation of orange, all of the colors of Autumn. I love it all. Pumpkin and...
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Michelle Cordova
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
Garden Grow...
Something drew me to this house, a bungalow really. As I move through the most difficult, and painful time of my life, I have found some...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
When Creativity Flows...
Today I came home from the studio to find the butter melted on a dish on the counter like Frosty on a sunny day. It was one of those hot...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
“It’s All About Process…”
There is a saying amongst artists, “Trust the Process". A process forms when making any kind of artwork. During the production of...
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Michelle Cordova
- May 2, 2022
- 1 min
I Paint, Therefore I Am...
From the beginning, school was an uncomfortable scenario for me. I did, however, love two things, running around at recess pretending to...
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Michelle Cordova
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
House Portraits...
Walking the streets of Downtown Sacramento in search of inspiration for my series of House Portraits, I sighted a brilliant shock of red...
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Michelle Cordova
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Writing & Me...
Writing rides right alongside painting for me. It always has. I’ve written in journals since I learned to read and write, and painted...
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