Melissa Gay
Member Since October 2013
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Title: | Grandfather Fox |
Genre: | Unpublished Art |
Mediums: | Acrylic |
For Sale: | NFS |
Views: | 746 |
Posted: | 11/14/2020 |
Status: | Unpublished |
Melissa Gay
Member Since October 2013
Projects: I have crowdfunded and produced two art books-- Finding My Familiar (wildlife drawings on toned paper) and Earth and Water (sumi-e and other ink art), and I' m currently working on a third called I Dream of Space. Described by Toni Weisskopf as " romantic spaceships," my sci-fi paintings are fantastical and expressionistic, as if I were an ancient astronomer seeing the scenes in dreams. I create them by building up textures and illuminating the happy accidents I find within. I like to push the boundaries between narrative decision and randomness-- it' s how I make sense of art, and of life! (As to whether there is also a secret fantasy art book in the works, I have no comment except life is short and I' ve got a lot of art in me to put out into the world!)
Location: Nashville, TNInspired by an Arctic Fox named Mori, an ancient old survivor now living in the Arctic Fox Center in Sudureyri, Iceland. I wanted to celebrate his beauty, his wild spirit, and his role as a keystone predator in a fragile ecosystem. Meeting Arctic Foxes in person was probably the most moving experience of my time in Iceland. Currently the original is at a group show at the Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis.