![Artist Michelle Hawran sitting on the ground with her black cat smiling up at the camera. There is a plant behind her.](/sites/default/files/styles/manual_crop_custom/public/pictures-users/15.jpg.webp?itok=9aMBVFKJ)
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Michelle Hawran is a visual artist born, raised, and based in Windsor, Connecticut. She is known for her vibrant acrylic and oil paintings depicting nostalgic memories of people and places, aiming to capture the joyful feeling of living in the moment. Since graduating with a BFA from the University of Connecticut in 2016, Michelle splits her time between creating colorful paintings of her own family’s past, crafting meaningful commissions for her clients of their own memories, and teaching all mediums of art at the Windsor Art Center.
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Classification
Porter Wedding (commission)
Painting
Porter Wedding (commission)
![A young boy in a yellow shirt with clown makeup. He's bald and is missing teeth. The paint is chunky and colorful.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/user-gallery-images/ClownBoy.jpg?itok=U8I_HnQU)
Clown Boy
Painting
Clown Boy
"I Spy" West Hartford Dog Project
Sculpture
"I Spy" West Hartford Dog Project
![An acrylic painting of a historic house and garden from Hartford, CT. There are tons of beautiful flowers everywhere and there is a rose arch around the edges.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/user-gallery-images/Original-Hawran-Garden.jpg?itok=hoINFjSi)
Butler McCook House
Painting