About

Michelle Kogan is an artist, instructor, and writer. She grew up on Chicago's South Side, in a small house, and acquired a small patch of earth for growing flowers. At this tender age she became fascinated with flora and fauna. When she was a bit older she made regular trips to all the museums. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA, and went on to receive an MFA in painting from Northern Illinois University. Her desire to draw figures has been on-going, and they always seem to ask her to share their story. Eventually these interests, figures, flora and fauna all make their way into her art.

Michelle teaches art, and in the summers spends a good amount of time painting plein air in gardens, her own garden, and nature venues in the Chicago area. In addition to art Michelle's always writing poetry–and participates in Poetry Friday–which is an online group of poets that post poems and poem related info on Friday’s weekly. Drop by Michelle's blog: Michelle Kogan: Artist, Poet, & Writer to read her Poetry Friday posts. She also creates poetry, stories, and art for children's books. A couple other places you can find her are with her nose in a book, and sketching and writing while out in nature, or on a walk.

Send Michelle an email for commissioning or purchasing art; poetry; children's writing and illustration; taking a class; or questions about her art. Thanks for taking a look, come back often she's always adding new art and writing!

Some of the Blogs I Follow:
Today's Little Ditty
Poetry Foundation
Friendly Fairy Tales
Writing and Illustrating
Live Your Poem
Buffy's Blog
Teacher Dance
A Year of Reading
Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference
No Water River
my juicy little universe
Reflections on the Teche
Jama's Alphabet Soup
The Paths of the Spirit

Click here to download my resume.

Plein air painting Fall Milkweed in her garden, from her series, Milkweed Through the Seasons, oil.