New Show in a Tea House!

A cropped detail from Display of the painting, "Winter's Icy Breath", by Melani Grube. From the Muses series.

  I’m so happy to tell you that my painting, “Winter’s Icy Breath” is now on display at Nautilus Tea Company in Fair Oaks, CA for their Winter Show.       When I painted this piece, I was looking for the spirit of Winter in the paint spatter and what I found was this…

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Winter’s Icy Breath: Unveiling the Completed Painting

A detail for the blog cover from the painting, "Winter's Icy Breath", by Melani Grube wherein an otherworldly being blows an icy fog about, in violets, blues and greys, touching creatures and foliage alike with its chill.

  I hope you like it, it’s my completed painting, “Winter’s Icy Breath”.   This painting started out with finding the face of winter, a strange, female energy-being and her breath fogging out and touching each exposed creature.   These creatures represent nature, but they also represent our natures. We adapt to a changing world…

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Winter’s Icy Breath: Sketch Phase Coming Your Way

A cropped detail from A detail of a deer from Melani Grube's work-in-progress painting, "Winter's Icy Breath".

  How is the weather out your way? It’s a blustery, rainy storm going on here! The kind of day you race to get under cover and have to shake off the wet once you’re inside.   Pictured here is another step in my painting, where I start to ink in the characters and creatures.…

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To Inspire You: Fly High

A thumbnail version of An illustration by Melani Grube of an eagle soaring high amongst the mountaintops and blue sky.

  Fly high and don’t let anyone take the wind from beneath you. Sometimes it may feel like you are the only one who believes in you. It’s lonely. It’s hard. And it’s the most important time to keep pushing on: it will carry you to your potential. Give yourself some love, ’cause you deserve…

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Winter’s Icy Breath: Preliminary Sketches

A detail from Eagle, Nesting Bird, and Wolf preliminary sketches for the painting, "Winter's Icy Breath", by Melani Grube.

  These are some preliminary sketches for my “Winter’s Icy Breath” painting. What is it like to be touched by winter? What creatures thrive in it? I’m not a fan of it, myself. But I have known a person or two who loved the cold. And after all, it sets a nice rhythm to our…

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Winter’s Icy Breath: the Flat Lay Inspiration

A detail from The flat lay assemblage inspired by the painting, "Winter's Icy Breath", by Melani Grube. From the Muses series. The flat lay includes winter plant sketches, metal and black metallic bracelets, a white heart-shaped seashell, a jewelled pin, crystals, and photos of deer, a nesting bird, snowy landscapes, a siberian husky, and an eagle.

  What do you think of when you think of winter? These creatures came to mind for me. These colors crept in and found a home in my painting. And crisp, crystalline textures crunched about. Keep watching to see this piece develop. See the next post in the process here or start at the beginning…

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Happy New Year: What Does A Year Look Like in Color?

A detail from a color spectrum created at the website Year of Colour. The site took Melani Grube's Instagram posts throughout the year of 2018 and extracted the colors and responses to those colors to make this color representation.

  Happy New Year! Would you believe they make a way to look back at how you used color over the year?! That’s what the image above is showing: the colors I used in my posts to Instagram and Facebook in 2018 and how you reacted to those posts and colors. You can do this,…

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Christmas Show Kick-Off Party

Detail of photo of Patricia Mills of Studio Tupos Gallery with Melani Grube and Melani's painting, "Reindeer", preparing for the winter 2018 Christmas Show.

  I’m excited to invite you to the Kick-Off Party for the Christmas Show at Studio Tupos Gallery in Old Fair Oaks, CA. this Saturday, December 8th. Owner/Artist Patricia Mills (on the left in the photo above) was kind enough to ask me to participate in this lovely show. You can see my painting, “Reindeer”…

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