Title: "On the Other Side of Decision"
38x30.75
Price: $1,200.00
Melissa Smith
Born in Pennsylvania, Melissa has spent most of her life in North Carolina. In the years following her graduation from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, she has participated in many exhibits throughout the state, has won a host of awards for her work, and her paintings form part of the permanent collections at Lenoir Rhyne College and the Rock School Arts Foundation as well as being owned by private collectors in California, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and North Carolina. She now lives in Morganton.
Melissa currently focuses on mixed-media works on paper that feature the figure immersed in densely layered, luminous surroundings. These fragmented figures demonstrate a contemporary re-envisioning of the human form made more striking – and more vulnerable – through infusion in textured, abstract space. Melissa is also known for her large canvases in acrylic and mixed media.
Stacey Heffner Abboud
My artistic expression is allowed to pour out daily through my work as a permanent cosmetic artist. I love that my clients allow me to tattoo their makeup and enhance their natural beauty with free reign. Each individual I work on is my walking, breathing work of art. I have always used my mannequin art as a creative outlet…usually reflective of experiences I personally have with the beauties I work with daily in the permanent makeup industry. Whether it be from a story they have shared with me, a characteristic I see shining through in their personality or a vivacious trait that ignites an idea in me. These pieces are my own personal reflections of the beautiful, amazing, strong and courageous women I have the pleasure of getting to know on a daily basis. They inspire me…