Still Life with Mouse Mixed-Media View the accompanying "Sophia" here:

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My figurative painting and drawing has been influenced by the realistic yet expressive work of Odd Nerdrum

there is a subtle tension between beautiful and unsettling elements

By the end when she reached Sweden she decided it was time to begin painting again – as an artist never feels content or whole unless they are creating

Still Life with Mouse Mixed-Media View the accompanying "Sophia" here:Details Artist Bio Shipping 8 x 11 cm 2013 Acrylic on Gesso Board Framed to 11 x 17 cm Melissa Hartley is a self taught artist, that studied graphic design and who has been working for the last 16 years in Publishing in Sydney and Edinburgh. In 2010 she decided to pick up the paint brush again and pursue her love of painting. Her compositions feature darkly poetic female portraits against undefined backgrounds, in a void or dream like state. These