Intimate Narrative: Flesh, Form and Life Workshop- In-Person

Intimate Narrative: Flesh, Form and Life Workshop: In-Person

Michelle Doll | Summer 2025 | Jun 13 - Jun 15

Class Description:

An immersive three-day workshop designed for artists eager to deepen their practice and explore the complexities of intimate narrative in painting.

This in-person experience invites you to examine the delicate balance of human emotion, connection, and the unspoken truths that shape powerful storytelling in art. Through live model sessions, guided exercises, and thought-provoking discussions, we’ll explore the subtleties of color, composition, and light, as well as the interaction between figures and their environment. This workshop will guide you in discovering how vulnerability, duality, and personal truth can transform your work, turning it into a narrative that speaks both to the individual and the universal.

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Workshop Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this workshop are as follows:

Day	Date	Time
Day 1:	6/13/2025	10 am - 5 pm ET
Day 2:	6/14/2025	10 am - 5 pm ET
Day 3:	6/15/2025	10 am - 5 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Day 1 - The Foundations of Intimate Narratives
Day 2 - Bringing the Narrative to Life
Day 3 - Completing the Narrative: Finishing the Painting
After Class - Wrap Up

$900.00
In-Person
3 Days
Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Michelle Doll

Instructor

Michelle Doll’s paintings capture quiet, private moments hinged on personal connections between herself and her subjects. Her paintings are infused with themes of intimacy and introspection and explore contemporary ideas about family, love, desire and femininity. Born in Canton, Ohio, she received her BFA from Kent State University (1999) and MFA from the New York Academy of Art (2006). Selected awards include the Prince of Wales/ Forbes Foundation Travel Grant (2006), Artist in Residence at Eden Rock on St. Barth’s (2008), The Bennett Prize Honorable Mention (2018), a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (2019) and The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant (2024). Her paintings have been exhibited in the US and internationally with solo exhibitions at Pontone Gallery in London, Galleri Ramfjord in Oslo, Blank Space Gallery in NYC, DFN Gallery in NYC and Lyons Wier Gallery in NYC. She currently is an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University and has been mentoring artists for the past 20 years. Michelle lives and works in Hoboken, NJ.