- Elaine Michaud is a visual artist living and working in northern California. Originally from New England, she completed a BA in studio art before relocating to the west, where she earned an MFA in painting and continues to reside. Michaud has exhibited her work throughout the Bay Area and California, including the inaugural Wet Paint exhibit at Southern Exposure gallery, curated by Philip Yenawine/MOMA, Gearbox Gallery, ARC Gallery, Yosemite Museum, Piedmont Art Center, Sanchez Art Gallery, Thoreau Center for the Arts, Pence Gallery, and others. She has participated in workshops, including Long Island University’s Master’s Workshop, and was awarded an artist-in-residence at Dorland Mountain Arts.
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- Michaud’s work has addressed the character and meaning of home, family relationships and childhood experience, and the symbolism of flowers and forms in nature, exploring issues of family, place, and the natural environment.