Evolution of a Still Life Painting

Still Life Oil Sketch by Melody Phaneuf

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Arrangements for still life paintings frequently go through many transitions before they are committed to canvas. Sometimes, even the most interesting three-dimensional objects leave something wanting when seen on the flatness of a two-dimensional picture plane. Continue reading~

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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.

Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.

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The Teaching of Color~

The Seeker, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf

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Without a doubt, color is the most satisfying element of art to teach. I love the “oohs and aahs” that fill the air as novice painters explore color-mixing exercises. And hearing the identification of color gradations to observational experiences–“this looks like autumn, like the ocean, like spring tulips,” I participate in their pure joy of seeing with the heart. Continue reading~

The Seeker, by Melody Phaneuf,  Allegorical Still Life Painting, 22 x 34

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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.

Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.

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Rites of Spring~

Yellow Trees by The Sea, oil painting by Mellody Phaneuf

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Did you hear that winter’s over?
The basil and the carnations
cannot control their laughter.

The nightingale, back from his
wandering, has been made singing master
over the birds.

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Cheerful colors of spring surround us again. The spirit of life, so long in concealment is once again unveiled. Continue reading~

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Yellow Trees by The Sea by Melody Phaneuf, 8 x 10 oil painting from the Little Gems Collection

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Make Your Life a Work of Art~
Online shopping at MelodyTheArtist.com/shop

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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.

Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.

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