Hello! This is my new site that is under construction.
Please visit my instagram account @gravesmichelle for the latest updates. I will announce when my new site launches. Also check out the events and about page for some details about myself and work.

 
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View fullsize “Want” 2022 5.5x14” #textbasedart #vegasartist #theuniverse #nucleus #satellites #foreignobjects
View fullsize I tore my Medial Collateral Ligament at a skatepark a couple months ago…and am fully physically healed now. Mentally not trying anything big recently because it’s taking longer to heal these days… Gray’s Anatomy Fig. 183 Rig
View fullsize What is it about trees? Willow trees in particular. I’ve been drawing a variation of this doodle since probably middle school. As I doodled on the first page of my new sketchbook, I digressed to this memory. However, I now live in a terrain whe
View fullsize Good times were had this past weekend at #rollercon2022 🎉 Went to the 2008 RollerCon less than a year after I co-founded the @chicagooutfit back when it was only roller derby. It was also my first time in #vegasbaby. Now I live here, dabble with s
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View fullsize So I turn 42 today. Life is odd. So many experiences I can’t remember them all. I am thankful for those that are in my life and for those who have deeply influenced me. Happy birthday to my late brother Eric as well. I was born on his birthday
View fullsize The Familiars, 2022. Painted live at @rebar.lv alongside @art.core.80 and @mattortegoart hosted by @the.panic.company and music by @dj_dad_shirt. 💯 #livepainting #textart #lasvegasart #lasvegasartist
View fullsize Oh hey frame making hobby…I’m back! Thank you to my man @utah.lv for the awesome early bday present sliding compound miter saw. 😍 This is a 36x55” chalkboard for my favorite side gig @soulbellybbqlv 🤘(also painted another sign th
View fullsize Painting #3 for @soulbellybbqlv. Now when people take pics of the bands, everyone will know the cool place where they are playing. 🎉 . . . #lasvegas #signpainting #textart #splatterpaint
View fullsize Viva Las Vegas ❤️💙 #eightbithearts @deathdropskates #berlinlasvegas #rebarlasvegas
View fullsize Tucson, AZ I like you. No pics of this but I especially like the light pollution ordinance for the observatories near by so you can see stars at night even downtown. ✨⭐️✨ @cherry.nobyl.7 @dayuum_gina_ #tucsonaz #roadtripwithfriends #eightbithearts
View fullsize Follow me on my new Instagram account @gravesmichell3 This account will have an experimental body of art work that I feel needs to be separate from my “traditional” work. This piece is called “Light Painting 10.032921” #lig
View fullsize I was in Chicago a few weeks ago and got to hang with my favorite artist/collaborator @johnairoart. He was commissioned to make this sculpture “Blind Love” for the Ravenswood neighborhood and was recently interviewed on the local CBS news
View fullsize My artist friend @leoselva’s new Instagram filter that you can find in his bio commenting on facial recognition - a subject he has successfully worked with for years! #frsurveillanceportrait
View fullsize Not really sure how to put this into words but I am honored to have one of my drawings (and #eightbithearts on the other side) tattooed on the amazing artist @lunaxrail who owns the original piece as well. So utterly cool!! This drawing was made on J
View fullsize Join us for the closing reception and artist talk of the American Roulette Las Vegas exhibit on Saturday, Jan 8 from 6-9pm. We’d like to thank those that attended and listened to the panel discussion on Dec. 19 at @corecontemporary. It’
View fullsize Survive, 2021 18x23” A durational generative writing technique where associative word or phrase is written one after another. . . #textbasedart #wordassociation #survival #overandover #lasvegasartist #lasvegasart
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View fullsize A Life Is A Life, 2019. These are a few images from the process of making this work that was originally commissioned by @spacescle. Their invitational exhibit called America’s Well Armed Militia delegated the theme of “firearms in school