Aspects of Love violet The celebrations of urban sprawl

The celebrations of urban sprawl offered by artists like Ed Ruscha—who famously took no-nonsense aerial photographs of thirty four LA parking lots in 1967

beliefs and values

Title Translates to: The Drowned Courtesan

swirling brew of colorful contradiction that is not easy to define or even understand

The creative and eclectic climate in San Francisco is a catalyst for bringing about the current direction of her work

Aspects of Love violet The celebrations of urban sprawlDetails About Artist Bio Shipping 8 x 10 inches 2013 Acrylic on Gesso Board Framed to 9. 5 x 11. 5 inches The Language of Flowers Secret Meaning = Love Melissa Hartley is a self taught artist, that studied graphic design and who has been working for the last 16 years in Publishing in Sydney and Edinburgh. In 2010 she decided to pick up the paint brush again and pursue her love of painting. Her compositions feature darkly poetic female portraits