“Whether you find yourself marveling at the rich colors or the evocative brushstrokes, it’s really about the narrative with Melanie's paintings. There’s always a story behind those brushstrokes. Each painting invites you to stop, be present, and listen."
- CJ Miller, The Spiritual Artist
Finneas
19.25 x 25.25, Golden acrylics on board
“Your work is beautiful.
It inspires peace and the thought, ‘I wish I was wherever this is.
I'm looking out the window of my spaceship and admiring the beauty of the universe.’
That’s where you took me Melanie!”
- Pat Tyson
Can't take my eyes off you
36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
“Melanie paints with her heart as much as her brush. Colors and perception beautifully touch her work.”
- Jan Rieger
“For me, painting, it's like having a conversation with my best friend. Yet, it's all unspoken but perfectly understood.”
- Melanie M Brannan
There's better days shining through 36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
Leggiero
36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas, 1950s sheet music
The older the violin, the sweeter the music 36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
“It’s a painting that evokes emotion. You can’t look at it without feeling something.”
- Amy Tyson
Blue skies from now on 36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
“I have to trust myself and the paints, but the paint leads the way. When I paint, it's 100 percent concentration. Everything else fades away.
I hope my audience hears and sees the quiet in my art.”
- Melanie M Brannan
High Country 48 x 36, Golden acrylics on canvas
Above: With the heart of a rebel child
36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
Left: Poco Ritardando
48 x 36, Golden acrylics on canvas, 1950s sheet music
“Thank you for all the joy and beauty you have brought to our lives. And our home.”
- Gary and Lauren
Melanie's work has been accepted into many national juried competitions including The Hamptons, New York, Santa Fe, San Diego, and Dallas.
She has had six solo exhibitions in Dallas in the past four years.
Melanie's work is in corporate collections and private homes across the U.S. and abroad.
We have a choice...to live or to exist 36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
Serenity Discs One and Three Golden acrylics on board with resin
Serenity Disc Earth and her moon
Golden acrylics on board with resin
When I get to where I'm going 48 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
Influenced by light, clouds and reflections, she uses layers upon layers to create a great deal of depth and movement in her paintings.
Dream until your dreams come true 36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
Golden acrylics on board with resin
“The vastness of nature. It’s what I'm always trying to capture. And the quiet conversations you have with it.”
- Melanie M Brannan
Why did I choose to paint landscapes? Actually, I believe landscapes chose me. Nature is where I belong. I marvel at the complexity, depth, light, values, and contour lines. Studying clouds, sunsets, palettes and storing them in my head. Then, I paint what's inside my head as my reference, producing work that is very ethereal and luminous. When starting, there’s never a preconceived idea of where it will go. I tell people my paintings really paint themselves, I just happen to be holding the brush. I start with big loose strokes with Golden acrylics. Add more colors, add more layers. Pouring and dripping paint mixed with interference or iridescence colors, maybe micaceous oxide. The luminosity comes to the foreground. The science and exploration of the hues are constantly evolving. That endless exploration of what ifs keep me awake a night.
I have to trust myself and the paints, but the paint leads the way. When I paint, it’s 100 percent concentration. Everything else fades away. I hope my audience hears and sees the quiet in my art. For me, painting, it’s like having a conversation with my best friend. Yet, it’s all unspoken but perfectly understood. I’ve learned to read the paint like we read body language. When its finished, that part of conversation is over, but it continues to speak. You have to be still and present to hear it. My hope is that the painting will speak to others, and they will have their own conversation.
MelanieMBrannan.com
Dallas
TX Santa Fe NM@melaniebrannanartist
214.793.4334
Art Expo Santa Fe, Dallas exhibition, Santa Fe Animal Shelter Fundraiser, Dallas Caillebotte class, Mel's studio, Solo exhibition Dallas Eisemann Center, Art Expo Santa Fe, Yale University installation
My main skills are talking and cooking biscuits
36 x 24, Golden acrylics on canvas
San Francisco Street Gallery
Melanie is represented by San Francisco Street Gallery in Santa Fe. This prominent art gallery, located on the Plaza, presents a blend of classic, modern, and contemporary art. Their mission is to connect audiences with art that inspires, tell stories, create conversations, and bring people together.
The gallery's highly experienced curators and art professionals are passionate about art. They go the extra mile to accommodate customer needs and make acquiring art an intriguing process.
San Francisco Street Gallery works closely with artists to curate and display vivid, rich and striking artwork in the gallery that can help visitors explore, engage and experience art like never before.
San Francisco Street Gallery
50 E. San Francisco Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.982.0689
