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Louise Mellon
I come from a family of artists and
received much encouragement to create and see differently. I have exhibited and
sold work since 1970, but my latest galleries and shows have been in Augusta, GA
at the Gallery On The Row, a one man show at The Hitchcock Healthcare Center in
Aiken, SC, Skyline Farm show and sale in Portland, ME, the Aiken Center for the
Arts Sporting Art Shows and sales (three times), Aiken Historical Society show
and sale, the Byrne Gallery in Middleburg, VA, prizes won at the Aiken Artists’
Guild show held at the University of South Carolina Aiken, commissions in
progress for clients in Canada and the US, a book of my humorous paintings due
out next year, and illustrations for two children’s books in progress. I donate
art works freely to charitable benefits, the next one in Boston, MA to aid the
Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation. I continue my education by attending
classes at the University of South Carolina, and participate in 5-6 workshops a
year around the country to hone my skills and stay fresh. My next workshop is
with Elin Pendleton, and then with Bob Burridge and Mary Ann Beckwith. I paint
from home, but I have a gallery of my own in the Croft Building in downtown
Aiken. My next one-man show will be in April at the State House in Columbia, SC.
I was on the board of the National Gallery of Art, and since moving to SC, am
now on the board of the Aiken Center of the Arts and am responsible for bringing
in notable presenters for workshops by collage artist Jonathan Talbot, and the
American Academy of Equine Art, among others who have accepted but not presented
yet. I volunteer as much as possible to promote and financially support the arts
wherever I can. I am currently helping an up and coming Australian, graffiti
artist get a show in New York City. I have been asked to donate very large
prints of my humorous works to the new Child Advocacy Center in Aiken as my
pieces are colorful and cheerful. I enjoy teaching children and have done so
many times, even as a young person myself, for the Head Start programs.
Basically, I live and breathe the arts. I have been extremely blessed to have
traveled in this country and internationally and to have had the opportunity to
appreciate, and be influenced by, some of the finest art in the world.
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Two of Everything
30x30 - Foamboard |
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Rabbits Aren't the Only Ones
30x30 - Canvas |
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Out of the Shadows
14x14 - Canvas |
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Moonlight Fanatic
42x46 - Canvas |
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Springloaded
30x35 - Foamboard |
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