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. Michelle won Best of Show at the 2021 Grand Canyon Celebration of Art and was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Zion National Park Invitational (2019) and the Purchase Award at the Sears Dixie Invitational (2021), among other awards.

There is nothing more spectacular than a desert sunset! Due to its dry air and intense light, you can see the full color spectrum as you look out across the land. From one horizon to the other, the colors of the sky and landscape explode with vivid reds and pinks in the clouds, burnt oranges in the rocks, and deep purples and blues through the canyon shadows, all while the sun gives a golden spark to everything it touches.

The Southwest is truly a unique place and gives unfiltered views of a landscape unlike any other in the world. The desert has always held a special place in my heart, and I love it for its beauty and inspiration. It is the one place that always draws me back and makes me feel like I am home.

The Golden Touch | 24x36, oil