Michelle Fleur Studio Blog

This morning, on a whim (because that's how I roll), I decided to detach myself from social media for the rest of May. I can't say...

April, thus far, has been a wholly whimsical month in my neck of the woods. Rainy days have dominated and many mornings I have woken to...

The seasons have turned. It is Autumn in the subtropics. Mornings are still and crisp, flowers are blooming throughout the herb beds and...

Every time I sit down to write in my blog I marvel at how much time has passed since my last post. So much for a weekly writing practice...

It's 2019. Yep, another year has folded itself into the pages of history and 2019 has us in its vice. Time shatters every illusion of...

Today I am missing the Indian ocean. My heart feels a longing for the vast expanse of shimmery blue. I want to walk outside and put my...

If there is one thing that 2018 has taught me so far it has been to "Go with the Flow". Yes, yes, I know, it's a bit glib and as far as...

World Environment Day was yesterday (June 5) and World Ocean's Day is on June 8 so I thought it the perfect time to think about my impact...

Today I walked along windswept beaches strewn with debris from the ocean floor. Weed and sponges, urchins and jelly-like organisms...

Since finishing the 200 Whales Project last year I have felt that I needed something else to balance out the love received/love given...

The single most asked question I receive about my work is ‘Why whales?’ Why indeed! I mean, I could be painting birds, or marsupials, or...

I turn 40 in about a week's time - 40! Oh my lawdy, lawd, lawd, waaaah! It feels momentous and far more significant an age than any that...