Object Study: Red Moon / oil on canvas / 18 x 20 in.
Object Study: The Interior Castle / oil on canvas / 20 x 20 in.
Cutie Devil (2020) / oil on canvas / 20 x 20 in.
Onion and Shell (2017) / oil on canvas / 10 x 10 in.
Blue and Orange Shell (2017) / oil on canvas / 10 x 10 in.
Nacy and Orange Spiral Shell (2017) / oil on canvas / 10 x 10 in.
Brick and Flower (2017) / oil on canvas / 10 x 10 in.
Love Exchange (2017) / oil on canvas / 12 x 12 in.
Blue and Orangle Shell (2017) / oil on canvas / 10 x 10 in.
Pink, Tile, Shell (2018) / oil on canvas / 12 x 12 in.
Amethyst (2017) / oil on canvas / 20 x 24
Grocery Handle, Shell, Brick (2018) / oil on canvas / 12 x 12 in.
“Broken Heart Full of Love (potion)” / 2018 / from “Love Exchange”
“About a Disco” / 2018
“Hanging #1” / 2017
“Orange Flattened” / 2017
“Yellow Flattened” / 2017
“Red Still Life” / 2018
“Dolly Parton Still Life” / 2017
“Fairy Skirt” from Sunshine Exchange
“Hanging 1, 2, 3, 4” / 2018
Her work seeks to dissolve the boundaries between
still-life and altar,
environment and self,
mundane and sacred,
everyday and sublime.
Her work is formed in intuitive pathways with routes and destinations that surprise the artist herself. Melanie investigates her subjects using devotional painting practices and playful, collaborative performance. Currently, she is engaging the genre of "magical realism" to research the lines between fake news and fantasy in a conceptual, other-worldly magazine.
BFA from Parsons the New School for Design
Previously, at The Musuem of Fine Arts, Houston (Learning and Interpertation)
Currently, Melanie is an elementary Art Teacher at KIPP.
Melanie McCarthy
melanieelainemccarthy@gmail.com
Houston, Texas
2021 - present / Art Teacher at KIPP Public Charter Schools
2020 / Teaching Artist for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2019 / private viewing at The Union, Houston
2019 / KFEC Assistant for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2018 / Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Staff Art Show
2018 / Family Programs Guide for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2018 / BFA from Parsons the New School for Design in Fine Arts, NYC
Fall (noun, verb) / charcoal and gauche / 2020
Soul Anchored / pastel / 2020
Mutable Earth / charcoal / 2020
8th House, Darling (2020) / acrylic, ink, pastel / 10 x 10 in.