Artist
Statement
"I'm a living artist making a six
figure income doing what I was born to
do.. create. I'm blessed! If I have to
promote myself so I can do what I love
full-time, as opposed to joining the rat
race.. working a job that sucks the life
out of me and creating whenever I can
'find time'.. well, then, I find absolutely
no shame in that. I'm not opposed to non-vanity
art gallery representation. However, I
find it utterly foolish for an artist
to submit to 'starving artist' status
for fear that their self-promotion, especially
in regards to eBay, is ruining some future
chance they may have of eminent gallery
representation."
Artist
Biography
Michel Leah, a.k.a. The Raw Artist®,
is a self-taught, outsider artist from the
midwest. While Michel has been creating
art in various forms throughout her life
it was not until 2003, after having reversed
several serious health conditions, that
she started creating her art on a full-time
basis.
Michel's
brush name, The Raw Artist®, holds two
meanings. Her trademarked nickname pertains,
in most part, to her raw food lifestyle;
the lifestyle that she attributes to saving
her life. But her alias, The Raw Artist®,
has a second meaning as well. It also refers
to the very nature of Michel's art. Michel
has had no formal art training. Michel is
a self taught artist that marches solely
to the beat of her own drum.
In June 2003 Michel started selling her
works online via her web site and through
eBay's self-representing artist's category.
In under a years time Michel became an eBay
Gold Powerseller ($10,000+) monthly. In
under two years time Michel achieved Platinum
Powerseller ($25,000+ mo) on eBay with the
sales of her artwork. Through the international
exposure of eBay, The Raw Artist's works
are included in over 700 hundred private
and corporate collections throughout the
U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,
Ireland, Chile, London, France, Italy, Austria,
Portugal, Greece, Norway, Malta, and other
European countries.
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