MELLISSA READ-DEVINE
My focus is colour, I rejoice seeing it’s subtleties in nature and then interpreting it onto canvas in a saturated form.
“I wish the viewer to be transported into the imagery I have created. If it is a landscape, visually wander around and feel uplifted and entranced by colours and shapes that I have been inspired to depict. If a bird or animal is depicted , then see them as characters in a story I have set the scene for, with the viewer being the writer of the story.”
Mellissa was born in England and as a child emigrated to Australia with her family. Having lived in Melbourne, Canberra, Townsville, and Darwin, she now lives in rural Sydney over looking the Hawkesbury River.
It was inspiration from the outback and the art community in Darwin in the 90s, that initially encouraged Mellissa into painting. Since then, she has studied in a variety of media, with relief printmaking and acrylic painting being a long term passion.
A finalist of several important Australian Art Prizes, Mellissa has exhibited in innumerous group shows and 15 solo exhibitions to date.
In 2021 Mellissa was made a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW where she has been a regular art tutor for over 8 years.
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