After months of painting, reflecting, and fully leaning into the duality in my work, Seeking Solace is here.
I began this collection as a celebration — of my own artistic range, of the beauty found in contrasts, of the way softness and structure can coexist on a canvas. But as our world began to shift, these paintings took on a deeper meaning.
Art has always been a place where opposites meet. Stillness and movement. Nature and architecture. Light and shadow. And lately, I’ve been thinking about another kind of duality — how we hold beauty alongside uncertainty.
Being present in a beautiful moment leaves an imprint — whether it’s traveling to a far-flung city on your bucket list or appreciating pockets of warmth from filtered sunlight on a quiet forest path in your hometown.
Living fully in these moments don’t erase the harder ones, but they offer something just as important: balance.
That’s what Seeking Solace became for me. A reminder that while we can’t control the world around us, we can often choose where we rest our gaze.
Seeking Solace weaves together fluid landscapes and architectural compositions, two sides of my work that I’ve fully embraced. Its color palette is drawn from places that have left their own quiet imprints on me — Parisian rooftops, the sun-warmed hues of Siena, the lush greens of the Pacific Northwest, the succulent gardens of the French Riviera, and the modern lines of Los Angeles.
Each of these six paintings is an invitation. To pause. To breathe. To remember your own beautiful moments that bring you back to yourself.
I’d love for you to explore Seeking Solace and see what resonates with you.
xo,
Melanie
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