Michael Elmore
he/him
Clallam Bay Corrections Center
DOC #834075
Bio
“My name is Michael Elmore DOC# 834075, I am 40 yrs old. I am from Mt. Vernon in Skagit County, Washington. I love and enjoy helping other artists discover “more in depth” who they are as an artist, as well as teaching others how to draw. Things that are important to me are my family and friends, my art and tattooing, and helping others.
I create art so that I can express who I am as an artist and show what I am passionate about. My favorite medium is black and gray graphite and I really enjoy expressing my artwork through portraiture. I love and enjoy bringing someone to life in my art. However, I can and will draw anything. I am the type of artist that can look at anything and draw it.”
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"Untitled #4", marker and pencil on paper, 2024. The face of an Indigenous woman in black and white framed by a red handprint dripping with blod and the letters "MMIW" above her, representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and the words "Silence No More" below
"Untitled #5", graphite and ink on paper, 2022. Portrait of Janelle Monae depicted in black and white, wearing a hat and a bowtie that she is holding with fingers on either side; the background is dark red with musical notes in black
"Untitled #10", pen on paper, 2026. An elephant with long tusks standing on short grass with bamboo stalks in the background.
"Untitled #6", graphite on paper, 2022. Black-and-white portrait of Martin Sostre looking solemnly at the viewer
"Let's Get Free", graphite and ink on paper. A prison wall in black-and-white being burst by a comic-like speech bubble saying "ka-boom" in all caps in red, black and yellow. The wall has the words "abolish now" and "no more cages" on either side of it outlined in red, and above the wall are the words "let's get free" in a balloon-style font, with the silhouettes of birds flying around it
"Untitled #8", graphite and sharpie ink pen. Portrait of Harley Quinn from Batman comics. She is depicted in black and white, smiling at the camera slyly while holding a baseball bat behind her head that says "good". The background is blue and red, with a speech bubble saying "blam" in all capital letters, evoking the style of a comic book
"Untitled #3", pencil on paper, 2024. Black-and-white portrait of Marilyn Monroe laughing joyously, with red roses above her head
"Untitled #1", marker and pencil on paper, 2023. The face of an Indigenous woman in black and white framed by a red handprint dripping with blod and the letters "MMIW" above her, representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
"Skull", pen on paper, 2026. A skull with mushroom clouds in the eyes and a single horn. The bottom of the jaw is melting or dripping.
"Untitled #9", graphite on paper. Black-and-white stylized depiction of a skull in profile wearing a Viking-like helmet with horns and Celtic braid designs around it
"Untitled #2", paint on paper, 2025. Two pandas sleeping among bamboo shoots