SOLD Male quail always look like they are standing at attention....I wonder if they ever daydream just a little! "Daydreaming" is an original acrylic on 10x10 gallery wrapped canvas for $185.
SOLD I love the sweet warble of Redwinged blackbirds when I walk along the river. "Redwing" is an original acrylic on 8x8 gallery wrapped canvas for $125.
I love the colors of flickers...but haven't painted one flying before. "Flyaway Flicker" is an original acrylic on 6x9 gallery wrapped canvas for $125.
SOLD Another sweet little hummer going after the trumpet vines for breakfast. "Breakfast Trumpets" is an original textured acrylic on 5x7 gallery wrapped canvas for $115.
I can't help but paint a few humming birds...they are just starting to show up heralding summer. This one is an acrylic on 6x6 gallery wrapped canvas for $115.
SOLD It's a marvelous night for a moondance! Here is a new horse painting 24x24 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas for $875. I will have at upcoming Artfest in Spokane (booth #N16) June 1-3. Hope to see you there.
I installed my Koi and Lotus mosaic mural at the Mellow Monkey Yoga Studio last monday. It is made up of seven panels and measures 2 feet tall by 20 feet long. It has mosaiced hand sculpted concrete fish and lotus and glass, mirror and tile mosaic background patterns.
Contact me: sirenagraphics@hotmail.com
Artist Melissa Cole often finds herself snorkeling with salmon, smooching manatees, and swimming with tiger sharks. It is from these amazing encounters that she derives much of the inspiration for her vividly colored, heavily textured and patterned acrylic paintings.
Cole was born in Oregon and raised in London, Hong Kong, and India. She graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Zoology and spent time as a naturalist guide in Mexico. She’s written over 30 children’s natural history books and travels with her husband Brandon, who is a wildlife photographer specializing in marine life. Melissa has always dabbled in art, but has spent the last ten years fully devoted to it. She is strongly influenced by ethnic patterns, which she sees in her travels abroad. “You’ll find lots of dots, and a distinct border pattern in each of my pieces.” Her work is found in galleries ranging from Stephan Fine Arts in Anchorage, Alaska to The Wild Side Gallery in Key West, Florida.