ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
Inspired by Travel: Maui, Hawaii
Getting a glimpse at what goes on outside of the studio is often more revealing than what you see when an artist stands in front of the canvas. Inspiration collected in the forms of experiences, emotions, color palettes, landscapes, patterns, and...
Collector Spotlight: Kim Brotherton
Melanie’s paintings feel to me like they contain other worlds, and also evoke worlds from within. The earthy, deep quality of her Abstract Landscape series particularly spoke to me and after months of returning to her online gallery, I was thrilled...
Simple Pleasures Abstract Landscape Collaboration with Casa di LaValle
Update: Many of the original paintings have sold. Available paintings will have a direct link to purchase when you click on the image. If the original has sold and a print is available, there will be a link to it when you click on the image. I’m so...
Mood Board Monday: Traveling Through Tuscany
This week I’ll be launching my latest painting collection – Simple Pleasures. It’s another collaboration with my friend Cassandra LaValle, an extremely talented interior stylist and curator of the beautiful shop Casa di LaValle. I’ll spill more...
Collector Spotlight: Merry Jennifer Markham
I have been a longtime follower of Melanie on Instagram. When she posted an image of one of her latest original works at the time, I reached out to her and made arrangements to purchase the painting. Her paintings are gorgeous, and this piece just...
Inspiration: Aerial Views and Bravery
VIEWS FROM ABOVE The first time I flew on an airplane I was 20 years old. I was flying to Rhode Island to visit a college boyfriend who had recently moved back to his home state. Flying felt like a big deal. I remember being terrified, which wasn’t...
Partner Spotlight: Seattle Art Source
One of the most important parts of being an artist is choosing the right people to partner with when it comes to representing your work. Early on, I was introduced to art consultant Sarah Hurt, the owner of Seattle Art Source located in the...
The Sea: Outer Banks, North Carolina | 2021
I’m excited to start sharing here regularly again! Rather than just show you all of my artwork, I also want you to get a better idea of what goes into it. Basically, I want to clue you in on what I’m experiencing in the world or in my head. In this...
Inspiration: Joan Mitchell
When I think about spending more time documenting and sharing here in my artist journal versus sharing on Instagram, I inevitably turn to how and what. What kinds of things do I want to share here? How do I want to present them? And what I keep...