MELANIE CHARTIER, Still Life Painter
Still life painter, Melanie Chartier is a locally born artist who, after earning a BFA from U-Massachusetts, Dartmouth moved to Illinois to earn a MFA in painting from Southern Illinois U-Carbondale. She stayed in the Chicago area for the next decade plus.
In 2000, she returned to the area with her family and lives in East Sandwich. Melanie is part of the effort to create an art destination in Downtown Hyannis and is affiliated with the Harbor Your Arts District where she maintains her working studio.
The still life I paint may be symbolic, narrative, or strictly formal, in turn. This is because I do not set out to make arrangements of lovely objects but I arrange the objects that are my muse. Shells, Apples, Corks, etc. are contemplated in the various ways that they can have meaning. So, an apple for example, can be anything from a symbol of harvest or sin or knowledge as well as anthropomorphically, in a staged arrangement for a narrative.
The shells, in particular, have been a muse since 2003. Living on Cape Cod, it is difficult to avoid being influenced by the natural surroundings. Here, ordinary shells become icons. The natural thing to do is to use them as subject matter. Doing so has anchored me and my work here for now.
In 2000, she returned to the area with her family and lives in East Sandwich. Melanie is part of the effort to create an art destination in Downtown Hyannis and is affiliated with the Harbor Your Arts District where she maintains her working studio.
The still life I paint may be symbolic, narrative, or strictly formal, in turn. This is because I do not set out to make arrangements of lovely objects but I arrange the objects that are my muse. Shells, Apples, Corks, etc. are contemplated in the various ways that they can have meaning. So, an apple for example, can be anything from a symbol of harvest or sin or knowledge as well as anthropomorphically, in a staged arrangement for a narrative.
The shells, in particular, have been a muse since 2003. Living on Cape Cod, it is difficult to avoid being influenced by the natural surroundings. Here, ordinary shells become icons. The natural thing to do is to use them as subject matter. Doing so has anchored me and my work here for now.
Basket Beach Wrap and Shells Melanie Chartier
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Corks and Shells Melanie Chartier
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 Eaten on Febryary 13 - Oil by Melanie Chartier |
 Clam Shells on White - Oil by Melanie Chartier |
Arrangement on White - Oil by Melanie Chartier
