SALT SPRING ISLAND ARTIST MELANIE MORRIS CREATES ABSTRACT AND IMPRESSIONISTIC PAINTINGS THAT RANGE FROM BEAUTIFUL AND WHIMSICAL TO THOUGHT PROVOKING AND MYSTERIOUS. PRIMARILY ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, MELANIE’S PAINTINGS DEVELOP THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROCESSES SHE HAS TAKEN YEARS TO MASTER, BUT CLAIMS EACH PAINTING IS A NEW DISCOVERY, NOT ONLY IN TECHNIQUE AND TEXTURE BUT ABOUT HERSELF AND THE WORLD SHE SEES AROUND HER. “I PAINT THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THE WORLD, NOT THE WAY IT LOOKS”, MELANIE TOLD SOME FRIENDS AT A RECENT SHOWING.

EACH PAINTING IS UNIQUE. THE METHODS MELANIE USES MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME COMBINATION OF VIBRANT COLOUR, SWIRLING DETAILS AND COMPOSITION TWICE, AS EACH ONE REPRESENTS A WINDOW INTO MELANIE’S EMOTION AND MOOD AT THAT EXACT MOMENT.