Michelle Rhodes Artist Profile | Creature Feature: Animals in Art

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Michelle Rhodes

Bio: I started my career as an artist in the late 70’s, as a production artist for a small business in Detroit. I would paint an average of 6 to 10 acrylic paintings a day and sign them with my bosses signature. These paintings were sold to Furniture stores. By the 1980’s I worked for various art studios as an Illustrator who supported the automotive industry in Detroit. This experience landed me a secure job with General Motors by the mid 80’s. I was an old school illustrator on the drafting board for several year and gradually transitioned

my skills to computer graphics, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.

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