Notes from a
restrained palette

Minneapolis-based artist working in watercolor, fiber, drawing, and installation. For available work, prints, and commissions, contact me at michelle@michellemiles.com.

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Featured Work

Offering — dishcloths, embroidery floss, thread

Offering

Fiber · 2016
Heart in My Hand — digital drawing

Heart in My Hand

Digital · 2023
Don't Eat Lily — watercolor and ink on canvas

Don't Eat Lily

Painting · 2026
A Bad Year — mixed media installation

A Bad Year

Installation · 2021
Mini Quilt — cotton fabric, batting, thread

Mini Quilt

Fiber · 2021
Untitled — mixed media

Untitled

Mixed Media · 2023

From the Journal

Essay

MARY OLIVER IN ALL CAPS

On a fleeting comparison to Mary Oliver and the immediate correction: I AM AS MAGNIFICENT.

June 2025
Notes

1 2 3 4 Slash 5

On being stuck, the permission to percolate, and the embroidery idea that finally broke through.

August 2016