How Categorizing My Art Held Me Back

Jan 8, 2023 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Painting

Beautiful Paia in Maui. Photograph by Melanie Biehle, November 2022 Sometimes the message is subtle. In other times, our intuition knocks us down with knowledge like a rogue wave. My epiphany was closer to the latter.   If you’ve looked around my website lately... Read More

Behind the Scenes: Daily Journaling

Dec 15, 2022 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, Writing

I honestly don’t know why it feels so hard to just “show up”. Maybe my brain is winning this round. You know how your brain can sometimes “reason” its way around everything until there’s nothing left? Or, more likely in my case, it makes the thing into a much bigger... Read More

New Art: Bumping Into Ghosts No. 1

Aug 29, 2021 | Creative People, Creative Projects, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling

“Sometimes I see her breeze by carrying a yoga mat. I catch a glimpse of her on an escalator. I think that was her trying on clothes at Anthropologie. She passes by too fast for me to recognize which one of her I saw. Sometimes when I see her I say a silent,... Read More

50 Bold Abstract Paintings Celebrating 50 Years on Earth

Jan 15, 2020 | Creative People, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Painting

As I mentioned previously, I celebrated my 50th journey around the sun last month. I created 50 5×5 inch paintings released over 50 days, one per day until my 50th birthday. About half of the paintings sold during the online launch. The remaining half will be... Read More

A Woman Artist Turns 50 | Metamorphosis: Half-Century

Oct 10, 2019 | Creative People, Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Writing

I turn 50 on December 1st.   To commemorate this “milestone”, much of the second half of 2019 has/will be spent creating a new body of work.  Metamorphosis: Half-Century will officially debut in January 2020 at CURA in Seattle. To celebrate, there... Read More