Another one for the "Birds in Art" group show that I am in at the Chase Gallery in Spokane. This is a fun mixed media piece with clay, glass, found objects, acrylic on wood, 30x40 for $1,875.
Stayed up late finishing this piece for a group show titled "Birds in Art" at the Chase Gallery in Spokane. It is an original acrylic on 18x36 gallery wrapped canvas for $1,125.
Such a festive and fun-filled night. The "moon gals" at Manic Moon Studios in Spokane really know how to create a special event. It was well attended, I sold work, and had lots of fun seeing everyone!
I've been playing around with adding recycled dried paint left-over from my palette. I've been cutting it and adding it for texture and color....it's fun and keeps me amused! This one is titled "Mum in Chaos" and is an original acrylic on 12x12 gallery wrapped canvas for $285.
As the last of the sunny days pass, I seem to be painting my subjects both enjoying the flowers and sun and knowing that it will not last! "Walking on Sunshine" is one of these. It is an original acrylic painted on 11x14 gallery wrapped canvas for $345.
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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.