Celebrating the American Dream

            Michele Tabor Kimbrough is a noted artist and the founder & owner of The Art Factory Framing & Gallery in historic downtown Marianna, FL.

            In 2014, Michele decided to pursue full time her lifelong passion as a professional artist by opening an art gallery that provides art lessons, sells commissioned art, and does custom picture framing.

            Michele’s training in her painting mediums (watercolors, acrylics, and oils) has been a life long journey through workshops, books, and videos by national and international artists. Even today, she attends different workshops honing her skills. Most of Michele’s body of work focuses on “Celebrating the American Dream” through community imagery, aviation, and floral.            

           Before shifting her career to the arts, Michele began her professional career after college as an Army aviator flying both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Following the Gulf War, and after ten years of service, Captain Kimbrough left the Army in the ensuing downsizing and took a position in the financial services industry. In 2000 she returned to the field of aviation as a commercial pilot for US Airways and moved to the Marianna area. Following the events of 9/11, and furloughed alongside many other pilots, Michele accepted a position as an academic flight instructor at Ft. Rucker’s Army Aviation Center training the next generation of pilots. After 10 years and another downsizing, Michele decided to be her own boss!

            I am very blessed to share this passion with you.

                                    God Bless You and Thank You!

 Michele