Michelle Philip no longer teaching at Colorado Academy of Art

Michelle Philip is not teaching at CAA anymore. She has a small group of students that meet once a week at her studio. If you would like to take drawing or painting classes with Michelle, please email her at Michelle.w1@comcast.net. There is one opening available for August, cost is $120 for the month. Scheduling priority is given to ongoing students, so once you have a place in class, you will not lose your spot.

Encaustic Wax and Oil Painting of Maasai Moran African Warrior by Artist Michelle Philip

"The Messenger"

6x 8" Encaustic and Oil on panel.

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Encaustic and Oil Painting of African Buffalo by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" Encaustic and oil on panel.
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Encaustic and Oil Painting of Maasai Mother and Child by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" Encaustic and Oil on panel.

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Bighorn Sheep Lamb oil painting by Colorado artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on canvas mounted on panel.

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We saw a herd of Bighorns on the shelf road between Cripple Creek and Canon City, Colorado. The lambs were scampering about as only lambs can. Some of the young males had their own bachelor herd and were hanging arond down on the road while the rest of the herd grazed the steep slopes. Maybe that is their version of going to the mall.

Oil painting of Black Angus cow and calf by animal artist Michelle Philip

8x 10" oil on canvas mounted on panel.

There is a herd of Black Angus cattle in a pasture near where I board my horses. I love watching the calves grow up, and I often stop to visit with them over the fence. The babies are a hilarious combination of curious and afraid. Eventually the curiousity wins out. I feel that I captured that curious but ready to bolt look in this young steer.

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Oil painting African Lion Lioness by wildlife artist Michelle Philip

12x 12" Oil on canvas.

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Oil painting of miniature donkey foal out with his mama by Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on canvas mounted on panel.

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Oil painting of New Zealand Sheep by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on canvas mounted on panel.

Here is another sheep painting. This ewe is wondering where her lamb has gone. I am always amazed that any sheep can tell which lamb belongs to her - they all look the same. I know it is by smell, but I think that is one of nature's miracles.

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Rosie

12" x 12" oil on stretched canvas.

This piece is a commission, so it is not for sale.

Plein Air Landscape oil painting of summer farm pond in Colorado by artist Michelle Philip

8x 10" oil on panel.

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This is a lovely little pond fed by an irrigation ditch at an organic vegetable farm in rural Boulder County Colorado. Of course, there were Redwing Blackbirds, frogs, and plenty of bugs.

Oil painting of three miniature donkeys by animal painter Michelle Philip

8x 10" oil on panel.

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Oil painting "Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail" by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on archival Raymar panel.

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Plein air landscape oil painting of Colorado farm pastures and country lane by artist Michelle Philip

8x 10" oil on panel.

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Oil painting of Sandhill Cranes on the South Platte river by artist Michelle Philip

8x10" oil on archival Raymar panel.

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Colorado Landscape with Moose oil Painting by wildlife artist Michelle Philip

16x 20" oil on stretched canvas.

Daily Painting of young lion cub by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on panel.

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Daily Painting "New Zealand landscape with two sheep" oil painting by artist Michelle Philip

6x 8" oil on archival Raymar panel.

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Summer Pasture by Michelle Philip

8" x 10" oil on panel.

"No Sense of Boundaries"

6" X 8" Oil on panel.

Miniature Donkey Foal by Michelle Philip

8x 10" oil on panel. $100

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My farrier (horseshoer for the non-equine types) raises miniature donkeys. She has two adorable babies this year - a little Jenny called "Hillary" and a Jack called "Huey." This painting is of Hillary - she is the cutest little thing imaginable. I have always wanted a donkey - maybe I could just slip her in my pocket....

African Lion by Michelle Philip

12" x 12" oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. Sides are painted so it doesn't need framing.

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Spirit Horse by Michelle Philip

This painting is made up of four separate 12" x 12" gallery wrapped canvases. It is acrylic.

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Anne White Trail by Michelle Philip

8" x 10" oil on panel.

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This plein air landscape is of Anne White Trail in Boulder County. It is such a lovely peaceful spot that it is irresistable, although I do worry about running into a mountail lion up there.

Nelson Road Farm by Michelle Philip

6" x 8" Oil on panel.

I was out early today - on location and painting by 7 am. The morning light was absolutely luminous. We had rain last week, so the grass hay is looking very happy. This little farm used to have a large herd of horses, but it was sold recently and is sitting empty, the lush green grass ungrazed. My horse would consider this a criminal waste of photosynthesis.

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Hall Ranch Sunrise

8" x 10" oil on panel.

This painting is symbolic for what is going on in my life right now. I just lost my job teaching painting and drawing at a private classical atelier. It was a very acrimonious parting of the ways, caused by the fact that the school is having serious financial difficulties and is unable to pay its faculty. I decided that rather than look for another teaching position I would focus exclusively on creating my own art and marketing it. This painting was done at sunrise on the first day of my new "job" - being free to paint full time is like a new dawn for me - who knows what the day will bring.

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"Innocence" by Michelle Philip

6" x 8" oil on Raymar panel

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Canterbury, New Zealand by Michelle Philip

8" x 10" oil on panel.

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Kaikoura Morning by Michelle Philip

6" x 8" oil on panel. Landscape painting of Kaikoura New Zealand.

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Elephant Wisdom

8" x 10" oil, encaustic and gold leaf on panel. Here is another piece for my African animals series in encaustic. It is difficult for a photograph to capture the surface effect of the gold interacting with the translucent encaustic wax.

New Zealand Sheep Farm

This is a little farm on the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand's North Island. It is near Coromandel Town. What a lovely spot - lush grass, peaceful sheep - behind me was the Ocean. I longed to live there, but the next best thing was to capture it in paint.

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Blue Spruce

8" x 10" oil on panel.

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Maasai Portrait

16" x 20" oil on stretched canvas.

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Sandstone Bluffs with Appaloosa Horse

8" x 10" oil on panel.
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New Zealand Farm

Oil painting 6" x 8" on panel.

New Zealand Wine Country by Michelle Philip

This is a painting of the Marlborough wine growing region of New Zealand. It is an 8" x 10" oil landscape painting.

First New Zealand Painting

Here is the first of what I hope will be a large series of New Zealand paintings. It is a depiction of a typical landscape in Otago, South Island. Sheep are all over the place there.

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Just got back from 3 weeks in New Zealand

I may be jet-lagged, I may have gained 5 pounds, but I'm ready to paint! New Zealand was every bit as beautiful as I expected. Unfortunately, I did not get to paint at all. I was travelling with my family, and they were not sympathetic to my need to spend 2 to 3 hours in one spot to work on a painting. I did make lots of observational notes when possible and I took more photos than I will be able to paint in a lifetime. Keep a watch out - the Kiwi paintings are coming!

Having a Bad Day

portrait commission in progress

Reaching

Red chalk on prepared paper. It is always a challenge to draw hands in unusual positions.

Barfly

This guy wants to tell stories - unfortunately his stories are rather Edgar Allen Poe.. (according to wingsofsteel).

This is the picture I was trying to get on the blog -

I call this Maasai Daydream.

Oops - uploaded wrong picture...

more Koala Bears

Did you know that Koala Bears have opposable thumbs?

Red Chalk on cream paper.

Koala Bears

I am leaving for New Zealand in less than 2 weeks. Excited? Me? Yeah!!!

I drew Koala Bears at the museum today in honor of my trip. (I had to settle for Australian animals because they don't have any NZ critters.)

This drawing is carbothello pastel pencils on prepared paper.

Golden Cheetah

Another encaustic painting. This is 6" x 8" encaustic and 23Kt. gold leaf on panel. I was trying to convey the camouflage aspect of being a cheetah - catching the golden light on the savannah.

Friesian

Watercolor - SOLD

I went to Cheyenne Wyoming today to see the Western Spirit Juried show. The work was very mixed, but there were some really beautiful paintings there. I especially liked the watercolors of Don Weller. He paints small shapes of color that describe the planes of his horses and people with a jewel-like but loose accuracy. His style is unique, very sophisticated.

Bulldog

What a face... he is painted in watercolor, about 8" x 10". Available for sale - $75 - click here to purchase

Silverpoint horse

12" x 16" horse drawn in silverpoint. Available.