Louise Mellon's art will make you smile and inspire you with cheerfulness and vibrant color. Her subjects range from equine, canine and feline to polo, whimsey, mixed media, encaustic and dioramas. She also makes one-of-a-kind pieces from found objects, as well as acrylics and oil pastel. Have fun and a chuckle with Louise's creativity and humor.
About the artist:
Louise came from a family of artists and was encouraged and mentored by them from an early age. The request for a watercolor paint box was the ultimate bribe when she was ordered to sit still at age four for a photographic portrait. The formal portrait clearly shows the gleaming fifty cent piece she was rolling in her fingers that was for the purchase of a most cherished prize.
She grew up painting and riding and driving horses in Middleburg, Virginia, and now paints from her studio in Aiken, South Carolina. She also breeds Connemara ponies, and is on the Board of the Aiken Center of the Arts where she helps entice notables in the arts to Aiken to share their knowledge with others.
Her unusual paintings are always looked forward to at shows, and once buyers become collectors of her work, they are treated to extra gifts of works and discounts on future pieces.
Louise credits her family, her participation in many workshops, and courses taken at the University of South Carolina Aiken for the courage to do art that is different and frequently unexpected.
What an experiment! This is an encaustic piece, painted in wax and oil pastel on board. I hope to finish it tomorrow. It is a challenge painting on such a rough, textured surface, but I need to keep challenging and pushing myself to grow as an artist.
This piece is a 20"x20" oil pastel on wood board. Hopefully it will be finished tomorrow. I have several pieces "resting" and waiting for the paint to set a bit before finishing.
