BIOGRAPHYMelanie Pruitt has been painting with watercolor since 2005. She has sold her paintings and ACEO's in a variety of venues including online at eBay and Etsy. She has also won 2 awards in the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society shows in 2009 and 2010. She has also won various "Artist Choice" awards from art groups on EBay.
She has studied watercolor technique under Ron Ranson, exploring unique landscape impressionistic techniques and enjoys painting landscapes using her hake brush.
Melanie has also developed a series of paintings in a style she's titled "Enchanted" as well as continuing to enjoy exploring a variety of styles in the creation of ACEO's.
Her paintings have been purchased by collectors around the world, and she was commissioned by "Cedar House Soaps" for a unique painting of their sales cottage, which was used on their soap labels.
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FEATURED ARTWORK
Title
Garden Enchantment
Description
"Garden Enchantment" is a unique, one of a kind painting. It incorporates many of the special effects of Melanie's "Enchanted" series of paintings - this featuring beautiful granulating paints blended into an impressionistic background - all to create Melanie's unique style and interpretation of nature. This painting feels alive with soft summer breezes and the buzz of the hummingbird. It measures 16″ wide x 12″ high and is painted with artist quality paints on Arches cold press paper.
Medium
Watercolour on Paper
Title
Serenity
Description
"Serenity", painted on rough press with artist quality paints, is an original 11"x15" watercolor painting of a quiet landscape, a serene barn and a path that surrounded by Fall and Autumn colors! This is a place in my imagination... a place to escape, commune with nature, breathe in the fresh air and find peace and serenity. But maybe it will speak something different to you!
Medium
Watercolour on Paper
Title
Enchanted Rose
Description
"Enchanted Roses" is an original watercolor by Melanie Pruitt. It features Melanie's signature enchanted look with three old garden pink roses. It measures 11"x15" and is painted with artist quality paints on rough press 100% cotton paper.
Medium
Watercolour on Paper
Title
Bali Hali
Description
I believe i belong to the island of Kauai! My heart longs for it when I'm away. On my last visit, I took a lot of pictures as painting reference pictures so that I could soar back to the island while painting. This is painted from one of those reference pictures. It is of the famous Bali Hai - well known from the musical "South Pacific". I've used some impressionistic techniques, and some wonderful granualting watercolor paints for texture.
Medium
Watercolour on Paper
Title
Enchanted Butterfly
Description
"Enchanted Butterfly" painting has some wonderful texture and movement with beautiful granulating paints, many splashes of color. It has my trademark "Enchanted" lighting that brings a lovely mystical movement to it. Painted on 300lb Hot Press Fabriano watercolor paper with artist quality transparent watercolors. It is painted on an 11"x14" sheet. The edges were taped and have a straight edge with aprox. 1/4" white edging.
Medium
Watercolour on Paper
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