Back to all artistsMichelle Li
Pieces
About
Michelle Li is a self-described hobby artist from Troy, Mich., who enjoys painting and primarily works digitally and with watercolor. She is an alum of the University of Michigan, where she studied computer science through LSA. Michelle’s work can be followed through her art instagram, on which she plans to begin posting in the near future.
Artist's Statement
I've always enjoyed making art since I was a child, and it is a hobby that I continue to be passionate about. My art style is influenced by anime and animated films that I watch, and I seek to tell stories about myself and my identity through my art.
When I first thought about the word respiration, I thought of the concept of shared breath through our ancestry. Our parents breathed life into us, which was passed on from their parents, and so forth. Additionally, I thought about how we are able to breathe and respire from the oxygen that plants produce, which combined with the former idea, led to the concept behind the piece I submitted for the project. My ancestry is intimately connected with vegetation, as my grandparents are Chinese farmers and my parents are avid gardeners. Like them, I have my small, but slowly growing, plant collection. Like with breath, this love for growing vegetation was passed through different generations, and this is represented in these three digital pieces.