About the Artist

Michelle is an illustrator and artist based in northwest Indiana, near Chicago. From a small studio tucked inside their rural home, she illustrates children’s books and creates finely detailed home-portrait commissions.

Michelle enjoys foreign art film, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and catching every opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the dunes and Lake Michigan with family.

Her artistic voice is shaped by appreciation for traditional, hand-drawn techniques. Michelle loves the challenge of transforming full-color scenes into expressive black-ink illustrations, using simplicity to reveal emotion, detail, and story. In an age of rapidly advancing AI, she finds even greater meaning in the imperfect, human beauty of pen-to-paper craft.

Michelle dedicates her work to her beloved Pipa, who taught her to make the world a better, kinder place, and whose influence continues to guide every line she draws.