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About Michelle Firment Reid

Born in Pennsylvania with a Slovak American heritage, Michelle Firment Reid’s childhood was spent residing in Bucharest, Romania, The Philippines, and Paris, France, returning to the United States to reside to a Virginia suburb skirting Washington, D.C., where she received her BFA at The Corcoran College of Art & Design (1991). Reid resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma and has been working full time as an artist for the past 25 years. She continues to visit Europe, these days Stockholm, Sweden. for inspiration and reflection. MFReidart.com

Thought Notes From My Open Side: Mixed-Media Work by Michelle Firment Reid

Michelle Firment Reid

Ahh You Ahh Freedom Bliss (detail) - Michelle Firment Reid

A multidisciplinary artist, I choose the medium I feel best conveys my concept and intent. I express my emotions as a visual narrative open to interpretation; not at all fixed, but with the desire to … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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