Michele receives Award of Merit at the "American Women Artists" show in Easton, Maryland

 Michele de Bragança has been drawing and painting  professionally for over 20 years. She received both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts Degrees from the California College of Arts and Crafts. She has studied in Florence, Italy at the Santa Reparata Graphic Institute, as well as the study of Plein Air Painting with Kevin Macpherson, Jean LeGassick,  Jeanette LeGrue and Randall Sexton. Michele has exhibited her work in galleries on both the East and West coasts, and has work in private collections throughout the United States, Canada and Bermuda. She is currently a member of the California Art Club and Oil Painters of America.