When I think about spending more time documenting and sharing here in my artist journal versus sharing on Instagram, I inevitably turn to how and what. What kinds of things do I want to share here? How do I want to present them? And what I keep coming back to is the...
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“Sometimes I see her breeze by carrying a yoga mat. I catch a glimpse of her on an escalator. I think that was her trying on clothes at Anthropologie. She passes by too fast for me to recognize which one of her I saw. Sometimes when I see her I say a silent,...
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If you’ve been around for a while, you know that I rarely do videos. I feel really awkward on camera and I lose my train of thought easily. But, what I’ve noticed recently is that I do okay when I’m chatting with someone else versus creating my own...
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The lovely people at Wescover in San Francisco asked me some questions about my art and creative process for a new feature on their website. You can read the interview right here. “Melanie Biehle creates beautiful abstract art that elicits powerful emotions. Her...
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Sometimes it’s hard to buy art. What if I buy it and it looks weird on my wall? I know it SAYS what size it is, but I can’t really visualize what that means! Just in case you can’t make it to CURA before my art exhibition is over, I wanted to give...
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As I mentioned previously, I celebrated my 50th journey around the sun last month. I created 50 5×5 inch paintings released over 50 days, one per day until my 50th birthday. About half of the paintings sold during the online launch. The remaining half will be...
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I turn 50 on December 1st. To commemorate this “milestone”, much of the second half of 2019 has/will be spent creating a new body of work. Metamorphosis: Half-Century will officially debut in January 2020 at CURA in Seattle. To celebrate, there...
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unsplash-logoZach Doty Don’t even get me started on the cancellation of Mozart in the Jungle. Oops…too late. When I first planned on writing a blog post about this show, I wasn’t aware of it’s future (or lack thereof) at Amazon Studios. So this...
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While Lee Krasner may be more well-known for being the wife of American Abstract Expressionism pioneer Jackson Pollock, I didn’t learn about their relationship until after I fell in love with her abstracts. Maybe if I had graduated from art school rather than...
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I’ve admired African textiles, patterns, and artwork for a while. Recently I saw these images and quote from Margaret Courtney-Clarke on the Art, Craft, and Architecture page on Facebook. I can’t wait see all of the images from African Canvas: The Art of...
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