A soul born of Africa, now domiciled in Australia, together with use of
vibrant colour, varied textures and mixed media juxtapose to present a unique
talent, that is, Melanie Miller. In your face, powerful, abstract images
encapsulate her fresh and unusual Afro – Australasian perspective of her
environment.
Melanie’s
motivations are influenced by her youth, living on the shores of the Indian Ocean watching the African sun casting its long
shadows using the ocean as a canvas. Influences and
background are a large part of what makes Melanie’s work exceptional. It is the
tapestry of Egypt
in her mother, Russian in her father and a youth at one with sea and sky in
Muizenberg Cape Town that is woven into her work.
Melanie Miller is a South African born artist
now living in Sydney.
She studied at the Cape Town
Technical College
obtaining a diploma in Art.
After
some four years of painting on fabric Melanie decided that she wanted to change
to the medium of canvas, where she felt immediately at home. She found that she was able to express
herself more freely and creating expressionistic, colourful works of art,
exploring the niche field of textures and three dimensional imagery, including
interweaving of geometrical reflective shadows.
By using bright
colours, she has managed to highlight and explore chosen areas of the canvas
keeping the balance in background mode, resulting in a vibrant abstract journey
into her past or even present thinking.
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