Still Life with Mouse Mixed-Media His compositions feature single and

His compositions feature single and multiple figures set against stark

there is a subtle tension between beautiful and unsettling elements

By the end when she reached Sweden she decided it was time to begin painting again – as an artist never feels content or whole unless they are creating

For this piece

it was a natural progression to move outside the frustrating constraints of the two dimensional canvas

Still Life with Mouse Mixed-Media His compositions feature single andDetails Artist Bio Shipping 8 x 11 cm 2013 Acrylic on Gesso Board Framed to 11 x 17 cm 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 against undefined backgrounds, in a void or dream like state. These