Collection of bespoke portrait paintings by artist Michelle Baharier
Portraits
How do I Make you Feel?
Portraits of Everyday Activists, Commissioned by Disability Arts Online in 2020
Portrait of John Pring
Acrylic and Newspaper Collage
Original: NFS, Size A4
Available as a Giclee Art Open Edition Print
Size: Available as A4 £35 and
Available as a Giclee Art Limited Edition Print of 100
Size: A3 £115
I painted disabled journalist John Pring, who's an editor and founder of Disability News Services as part of my commissioned project Portraits of Everyday Activists. I decided to include newspaper cuttings into his portrait to symbolise his profession. He broke the story about the record number of disabled people who dies due to sanctions by the DWP.
It was commissioned by Disability Arts Online in 2020
Jess Thom - Touretteshero
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 61cm by 61cm
Limited Edition Print of 100 28x28cm, £115
Open Edition Print 20x20, £35
Jess Thom is the founder of Touretteshero. During the Covid 19 pandemic, her PA team supported other disabled people in need of help, by providing hands on help like doing their shopping.
Jess Thom - Touretteshero
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 61cm by 61cm
Limited Edition Print 28x28cm, £115
Open Edition Print 20x20, £35
When I met Jess, in her garden, she had so much energy! I wanted to celebrate her generosity by creating two portraits of her.
As a disabled artist herself, she has had multiple multidisciplinary projects funded by the Arts Council England.
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Jane Susan Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, DBE
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 120cm by 100cm
Original: Not for Sale
Limited Edition Giclee Print of 100: A3 £115 or
Limited Edition Giclee Print of 50: A2 £200
Baroness Campbell is a British disability rights campaigner and a life peer in the House of Lords. She has made a lot of positive changes happen for the disability community in the UK.
This is the second portrait of Jane Cambell I have painted. I created it for my Solo Exhibition at the Foundry, A Place for Change - A human rights organisation which funded new work.
Liz Carr
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 29.7cm x 21 cm (A4)
Limited Edition of 100, A3: £115
Open Edition A4: £35
Liz is an international disability activist who broke the glass ceiling by becoming a mainstream actor and comedian.
Penny Pepper
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 41cm x 31cm
Limited Edition of 100, A3: £115
Open Edition A4: £35
I've known Penny Pepper for a very long time, we are both Punk Rockers! She has done ground breaking work for people in the disability movement. She an author, journalist and a disabled activist.
Penny is incredibly humorous and tells stories that make people see the world differently. She has a number of published books, which I highly recommend.
Sue Elsegood
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 120cm by 100cm
Limited Edition of 100, A3: £115
Open Edition A4: £35
Sue is a disabled activist who famously chained herself to busses in the 80s and 90s. It made sense to her to do this, because, as she said, we can put people on the moon, but not disabled people on a bus.
In this painting I have collaged 2 astronauts and if you look very closely, I've made sure the reflection in the visors is that of a film studio to reference the fact that some people don't believe that we've gone to the moon.
Katherine Araniello
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 45cm by 35cm
Limited Edition of 100, A3: £115
Open Edition A4: £35
Katherine was a friend of mine for a very long time. She was a performance artist.
In the mid 90's I wrote a poem called "My cunt blushes", she heard me read it. She ran with that idea and fully embraced it in her own performances about sexuality.
We had a very similar approach to some of our work and critiqued each other's art a lot. I miss these conversations and I miss her as a sounding board.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 61cm by 61cm
Limited Edition Print of 100 28x28cm, £115
Open Edition Print 20x20, £35
I was astonished that he chose not to leave Ukraine, when offered by America. He's quite unique as a leader. He doesn't come from a political background and is learning on the job. Yet he got thrown in this incredibly complex situation.
And that's why I painted him.
Florent
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 91cm by 60cm
Original: £1200
Limited Edition of 100, A3: £115
Open Edition A4: £35
Florent designs and created his own clothes, which he wears at the Colour walk in London. He inspired because he's totally himself and comfortable with it. It's a display of personality!
Lower on this page, you can see my digital drawing which inspired this acrylic portrait.
Colour Walkers
Portraits of Inspiratrion
Jama Elmi
My friend and fellow colour walker Jama posed for this colourful digital portrait.
This is a limited edition fine art giclee print in size A3. It is delivered unframed.
This portrait was selected for the Brixton Open exhibition 2023 at the Brixton Tate Library.
Sue Kreitzman
My friend and fellow colour walker Sue Kreitzman posed for this colourful digital sketch, which I drew at one of the London Colour Walks.
This is a open edition fine art print in size A5 - £15
It is delivered unframed.
Florent
This is an original digital drawing
This is a open edition fine art print in size A5 - £15
This artwork is also available as a limited edition, archival resin coated print on canvas.
Framed, Certificate of Authenticity included.
More Digital Portraits
Jess, Painting Study
This is a digital drawing of Jess Thom which I made alongside the acrylic paintings.
A5 Open Edition Print - £15
Self Portraits
Homemade PPE
Original Acrylic Painting: 100cm x 100cm
Art Print: 20x20cm
During the pandemic, I had to make my own D.I.Y. PPE, as I was nursing my sick partner. Painted in the frantic moments of panic.
Just One More Selfie - Self Portrait
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Original 100cm x 100cm £1750
Art Print: 20x20cm
This painting is about the boredom of lockdown.
Self Portrait in Oil
This is an Original Oil on Canvas self portrait
Size: 20 x 14cm
Open Edition Print, Size A4 £35
I painted this little self portrait in my first year at art school, around 1980.
Self Portrait with Red Glasses
This is an Original Acrylic Painting on canvas
Size: 51cm by 41cm
Original: £860
Open Edition Print, Size A4 £35
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