Melissa Mason

Mediums:

Acrylic Painting

Artist Bio:

Melissa Mason is a contemporary Abstract-Expressionist painter best known for her equine art.

The energy and freedom of the Abstract-Expressionists deeply influenced her and instilled a passion for the direction she choose in her art making. She compares line and color to musical notes and seeks to combine them to create harmonious, lyrical abstractions. The process involves pouring, brushing, and dripping paint to activate the surface, letting the colors merge into beautifully formed shapes and then responding to that surface to finish the composition.

Her art has garnered many awards, is in the collection of the Florida Museum of Art in Deland FL, The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach Florida, along with multiple corporate and private collections. The work has also been published in Picturing Florida-from the 1st Coast to the Space Coast, a book featuring 38 Florida artists Originally from Western Maryland, she now calls Central Florida her home.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach FL
Ormond Museum of Art, Fl
TEW Gallery, Atlanta GA Roan + Black, Saugatuck MI
Museum of Florida Art, Deland FL
MAC Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Florida Museum of Women Artists, Deland FL
Fogle Fine Art, Jacksonville, FL

PUBLICATIONS:

Picturing Florida-from the 1st Coast to the Space Coast, a book featuring 38 Florida artists
Horse Sayings-wit & wisdom straight from the horse’s mouth
HITS-2008 Winter Circuit cover artist
Arbus-N. Florida’s Arts & Business Magazine Sept/Oct 2008
Backstage Pass Feb 2008
Orlando Arts Magazine May/June 2008

MUSEUM AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS :