10×10”
Oil on Board
Oysters overflow from Paris Market tables. It’s lunch time, and there’s plenty to share!
10×10”
Oil on Board
Oysters overflow from Paris Market tables. It’s lunch time, and there’s plenty to share!
30×48”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
Between the trees, downstream, there’s a peaceful place know one else knows.
18×24”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
“Camellia in latin means "helper of the priest." This little porcelain man takes his honorable place under the blooms.”
7”x11”
Oil on Board| Framed
“The shape of the iris is the inspiration for fleur-de-lis.”
7”x11”
Oil on Board | Framed
“Daffodils poke their yellow heads up in early spring to let you know the warm sunshine is coming.”
20”x36”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
Trees in a forest are unique individuals, but they’re also interdependent. I’ve found that the lives of Southerners tend to follow a similar pattern. This particular group of trees is in a flat, roadside area near Brevard, NC.
12×24”
Oil on Board | Framed
No rumor - it was real! Scott and I scored phenomenal seats in Vegas to see Adele. It was AMAZING. What a show! For weeks, I had been listening to Adele in my studio to make sure I was prepped. This painting of zinnias and figs was a fun super-layered painting inspired by Adele belting it out in the background.
8x10"
Oil on Board | Framed
“Celebrating citrus season with these pucker-worthy bright yellow lemons from my kitchen counter.”
18x24”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
“Inspired by the light of the chapel at Keowee Reserve.”
11x14”
Oil on Board | Framed
“Bright red local strawberries are the sweetest thing you’ll taste all summer.”
20x24”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
The bright green reeds in high tide are fresh and new. This painting is inspired by the Pawley's Island Causeway in June.
Framing is available for all sizes. If your painting size is not listed, please email me at melissa@melissaandersonstudio.com to make a custom framing order.
11x14”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
“Found in the pantry, this cake sat not quite baked. When I come back to a painting fresh after, in this case, years, I want to change things. Here, the icing needed to be fudgier, thicker. A mix of chocolate brown and warn yellow and this cake is ready to be sliced.”
5x7”
Oil on Paper | Framed
“I loved the fig that came with one leaf. While observing the figs, I really did seem to think that one fig was very proud to be sporting a leaf.”
8x10”
Oil on Paper | Framed
The lush, green hills of the Isle of Skye were broken up by craggy rock formations that were already becoming an impressionist color palette in my mind.
8x10”
Oil on Paper | Framed
The Isle of Skye’s Fairy Glen, where, according to Scottish folklore, fairies live underground in small hills and mounds beneath the grass.
11”x14”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
“I am a baker. Sometimes I have a special recipe and sometimes I count on my friends Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines. For this chocolate on chocolate cake, I proudly use a mix but I always make my icing. Chocolate butter cream on this one - I try to make my mother proud.”
14x18”
Mixed Media on Canvas | Framed
“Dogs are our common denominator. This bulldog is painted loosely, almost like graffiti - a stoic dog offset by a wild splash of color.”
12”x16”
Oil on Canvas | Framed
Who’s that girl? Not sure of her name but this girl had a look and I took her photo to work from. When I am sitting at the easel painting, I can look back at the photo and dream up the whole story of this girl in the coffee shop - and then name her. Margaret it is.
8×10”
Oil on Panel
“These figs started as a 2ft tall shrub from the downtown market. Today it stands at least 10 ft tall, shading my studio window. I began painting this vase life-size, usually my preference. In order to create more balance, I decided it needed to grow!”