About Michelle Topp
My name is Michelle Topp. I am a self-taught artist.
If you haven't heard of me before, here you can read a bit more about who I am and why I love to paint and express myself on canvas.
I am a mother to 7 beautiful children and a wife to my husband of 24 years.
My love for art started early, I was always drawing and doodling bits and pieces as a child and in my early 20’s I had started painting for a company on the Gold Coast Australia.
I had my first daughter in 1998 and my husband and I started a business as well as my husband boxing professionally.
The paint brush got packed away but would reemerge every few years between juggling babies, toddlers, then teenagers, businesses and life.
In 2022 I got my self set up again with an easel and some paint and set myself a challenge of painting 1 thing a day for 30 days. This really got me inspired and creative again.
In 2023 our family decided to go on an adventure, so we packed up everything we owned and moved to Europe.
We are currently residing in Gozo, Malta, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta is the country in which my father was born and lived before his family immigrated to Australia.
We have left our comfort zone and headed towards the unknown and made space for us to all explore the dreams God has put in us.
In the shifting of seasons my passion for art caught flame once again and I have not been able to put the paint brush down since.
Exploring my heritage and culture on this scenic island is inspiring my creative outlet and the artworks are pouring themselves onto each canvas.
Today I spend my days painting on our family balcony being motivated by the gorgeous views this country has to offer.
When I am not painting I enjoy spending time with my family and exploring where my fathers family once lived.
That’s a little bit about me and if you would like to know more I share weekly updates of where I am travelling, what new pieces I am working on and more on my newsletter.
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