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 called to me. She...
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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 an odd feeling for...
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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 case, we’re...
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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 coming back to is the...
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While not a perfect match, I think these two abstract cityscapes make a cute couple. Meet Cute 30x30 inch acrylic and pen on canvas You Are Here 30x30 inch acrylic, pen, pencil on canvas And…I actually didn’t use these photos I took when I visited New York City...
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Greetings from Cologne, Germany! If I had a time machine…and I was visiting summer 2015. We decided to make a two-day stop in Köln to visit Drew’s friend Tim. As you can see, I spent a lot of my time at Museum Ludwig. I enjoyed a few quiet hours to myself...
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True Story: We visited our friends in Hamburg, Germany in 2015. I viewed and processed the photos from our trip over two years later. Who does that? Me, now, obviously. We spent the first part of this European vacation in Iceland. I shared some photos our Icelandic...
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The California Love Collection is inspired by my lifelong love and fascination with Southern California. I feel pretty lucky that I’ve had the chance to live in L.A. twice and visit a bunch of times. There’s no way that I could replicate the energy...
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Where I’m Headed is a series of abstract oil paintings that I completed this summer. After working on the detailed Abstract Cityscapes series, I needed to find more space within my work. I wanted to explore new-to-me desert color combinations and earthy hues to...
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The Adventure Club recently returned from a trip to the Deeeeeeeep South. P.S. It was SUPER HOT. I’ve never been able to deal with the heat, even when I lived there…unless I was in a swimming pool. In fact, I’m coming off a sun headache today and...
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