Fine Art
Why does making art make me feel so good? After a painting session, I feel wonderfully stimulated and as if parts of my brain
This evening is the opening reception for the 2022 Parsons Gallery of the West Holiday Show and I have been busy making small
I love chickens but I can’t keep them anymore because I am squeamish about slaughtering them, but that won’t keep
During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, I started and completed my first real commissioned piece of art, an oil I
Even though I have a trove of brushes, sorted by handle length, there are certain brushes that I gravitate toward over the las
About once a year I manage to complete a large-format landscape, and this year, I have finished just in time to let it dry and
“Houses Below the Mesa,” oil on panel by Melwell, 9×12 Available at Parsons Gallery of the West on Kit Carson
Through the autumn I’ve been working on a series of paintings of the old Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Taos, New Mexic
A couple of pieces have been in the works for a while, leaning against the wall or hanging, unframed and unvarnished on the wa
Orange and turquoise! Yellow and purple! The very air is abuzz with all the rod and cone snapping of color opposites in the fa