Maya Michaud is a local artist, born in Falmouth, Maine. She has always been fascinated with painting and creating, but more specifically painting people and observing one's unique facial features and expressions. Her fascination grew into a life passion and currently specializes in oils, acrylics and mixed media portraits to further express herself and explore the complexity of portraiture. Maya’s art allows her to be hands-on, and create intriguing visual expressions that connect to the audience in a variety of unique ways. The boldness of colors and nature of the individual portraits provide room for curiosity and discovery. She is interested in human emotions, individual uniqueness, and energy which is explored in her various painting series. Maya continued on to receive her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts in 2022. Her work has been shown at the Maine Maritime Museum, New Hampshire Art Association, Nettie Ricker Gallery, Munka Studio, and has an exhibit currently on display at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine.