The Melody orange dedication

dedication

After leaving her illustration job a few years ago

Melissa Hartley is a self taught artist

For this reason I’m compelled to magnify their idiosyncrasies

We've always thought that Death would be a little more inconspicuous than a winged scythe wielding phantom

The Melody orange dedicationDetails About Acrylic and gouache on panel 18 x 24 in. 2019 Framed Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the mournful