Michele Cokl Naylor

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Mixed Media

"Entertaining Powers" an 8x10 inch mixed media on canvas. $130 with free shipping from my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Monday, July 13, 2020

Mixed Media

Not to be Wondered At - a 6x6 inch mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas. $60 with free shipping from my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Mixed Media

"Mysterious Countenance" - approximately 12 x 9 inch framed mixed media. $132 with free shipping from my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Mixed Media

"One Single Moment" is a 5x11 framed mixed media on paper. It sells for $82 with free shipping on my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Poor liberty. A concept our country was founded on is being eroded. Walls and cages and hate. However, "She Shines On." That's what I named this piece. It is approximately 10 x 8 inches and framed. Free shipping on my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Mixed Media

"Space of Time" - 10x9 inch framed mixed media. $132 with free shipping from my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/mixed-media

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Greeting Card

One of my very popular greeting cards. I designed the image, my husband (who is the talented writer, Roger Naylor) wrote the caption. All of my cards are $5 each and there is free shipping from my website: http://www.michelecoklnaylor.com/work

About the Artist

A fearless color palette defines the work of Michele Cokl Naylor. She uses bold, vivid and seductive hues to prompt a reaction or to provoke a mood. Color, textures and unexpected patterns are the language she employs across a range of media. She makes hats, designs greeting cards, and works in mixed media.

She loves finding unusual old photographs and creates wry observations on our contemporary lives for her greeting cards. When she works on canvas, color and texture guide her choices. She employs acrylic paints, inks, pencils, pastels, fabric and paper to create unique mixed media pieces.

Michele has taken classes from acclaimed milliners and began making hats after retiring as a court clerk in 2015. The art of making a hat reconnects her to a different era. She often utilizes vintage blocks, the same ones used by past generations of hat makers who were creating fashion icons. There was a time when almost no one would leave the house without a hat. In her own small way, Michele tries to recapture some of that lost style, while adding her own modern flourishes. Because honestly, the world is a happier place when people wear hats.

Michele lives in Cottonwood, Arizona with her husband, Roger, and a gang of color-coordinated cats.

- Michele Cokl Naylor