Winter’s Icy Breath: The Paint Spatter

By Melani | January 18, 2019 |
A detail from The preliminary paint spatter "canvas" for the painting, "Winter's Icy Breath", by Melani Grube. The work in progress.

  What can you see in this paint spatter? This is how I start each painting, with a spatter of paint colors. I was looking for an image of a winter spirit and landscape. I diluted the paint with water to achieve a feeling of transparency and lightness. The colors are pale, but more vibrant…

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Journey of Hope 2017 Exhibit: Unveiling the Completed Painting

By Melani | September 27, 2017 |
A surreal woman stands and floats in a sea of waves and flowers. A rose-colored cloud escapes her lips. The flowers embrace and surround her. Mystical faces watch and accompany her. Violets and blues featured.

Official title: A Portrait in Song   Do you ever experience anxiety as you work on an important project? When I started this piece, I had anxiety about finding the image. I didn’t have an image in mind after reading the mental health journey story I was given by the exhibit coordinators. But that’s normal…

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Journey of Hope 2017 Exhibit: Last Year’s Painting

By Melani | September 27, 2017 |
A woman with radiating hair, sings among luminous faces in the air, all in lavenders and blues.

  If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen that I am creating a painting for the Journey of Hope Exhibit 2017 that is happening in October. I thought you might like to see the painting I created for last year’s exhibit. This painting is called, “Finding Her Voice”. The exhibit promotes mental health awareness and…

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Journey of Hope 2017: Color Study Flatlay

By Melani | September 26, 2017 |
Beading in lavenders, pinks and blues, silver floral broaches and a burnished gold locket with floral detail.

As I went to put together the color study flat lay for this painting (for the Journey of Hope Art Exhibit 2017), I couldn’t come up with anything to use. I kept drawing a blank. What did I have that was the appropriate colors?  I soon realized that I wanted the objects to not just…

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Journey of Hope Exhibit 2017: The Beginnings

By Melani | September 26, 2017 |
Woman's face with lavender and blue floating hair, surrounded by flowers.

  Do some of your projects take you by surprise? Do they bring up a feeling of connection on a deeper level that you didn’t foresee? That’s how this painting is for me. I am creating it for the Journey of Hope Exhibit and I am so proud to be a part of it. You…

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