Knappstein Wines

Knappstein Wines - Exhibition by Michele Charvetto

13 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026

Born in 1966, Michele Charvetto grew up in Semaphore Park, 5 minutes from the beach, West Lakes and the Port River.
At age 15, she was accepted early to The Adelaide School of Art, on the merits of her pencil sketches; however, she never attended. At the age of 40, after an illness, Michele finally picked up a paintbrush and, with no prior training, had her first exhibition later that year.

In 2010, Michele moved to a 105-acre property of pristine bushland at Foul Bay on the southern end of the Yorke Peninsula, where they lived off-grid for eight years. It was both beautiful and harsh.
Mostly alone but never lonely, surrounded by plenty of wildlife, sometimes not seeing another human for 3-4 weeks. This is where Michele honed her craft and sold my work through several local galleries.

Now living in Kadina, Michele exhibits her work every year at The Moonta Gallery of the Arts and other art shows and competitions around the Yorke Peninsula and the Mid North.

She's also a maker and sells her jewellery in a few local stores on the Yorke Peninsula under the brand Lonesome Valley. Michele's love of gardening, camping and exploring is reflected in my paintings of contemporary landscapes, seascapes and contemporary botanicals, birds and garden scapes of which she is mostly known for.