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Michelle Hegyi: "Lies, No. 24," from the 'More Possibilities" series, original digital painting.

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

ichelle Hegyi seeks out more artistic
possibilities each time she approaches
a two-dimensional project. Sometimes,
she works in a very traditional way
with brushes dipped in acrylics. At others, she works
high-tech and creates images at her computer.
"More Possibilities," accordingly, is the title of her
one-person show running Sept. 18-Oct. 20 at the
Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor.
More Possibilities No. 2, an original digital print,
serves as an example of her work by providing an

abstract vision with curling strings of color and bold
blocks of complementary and contrasting colors.
"Many of my images have been inspired by dance,
and I've been moving more and more toward
abstraction," says Hegyi, 45, who spent her early
years in Israel, was raised in Buffalo and moved to
Ann Arbor almost 25 years ago.
Recent work, a series titled "Looking for a Place,"
involves abstractions of figures moving through dif-
ferent spaces and expresses issues about relationships
in abstracted landscapes.
Hegyi's latest projects are part of the "More
Possibilities" series.
Five of the images for this series in the Ann Arbor

show were created on the computer with artistic
software and a digital tablet. Six of the other works
have been completed on Mylar, and two are on can-
vas.
"The abstractions have a thoughtful, humanistic
quality," says Hegyi, whose early artistic interests
were very different. "I think being abstract makes
them more universal and allows viewers to bring
their own feelings and thoughts into play.
"I like to show the process in my painting and so
use translucency, layering and scraping, which hap-
pens readily with Mylar. I also incorporate a lot of

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