Hello, I’m Melissa and I love to draw! Welcome to my website.

I am definitely one of those adults who never “outgrew” the urge to doodle and I’m forever grateful for that. Portraits have always been my favorites but I love how much there is to learn from observing and rendering other subject matter. Aside from portraits, I’ll work on drawings of animals, birds in particular, buildings and scenic landscapes, too.

I enjoy working with a variety of media. Graphite was my first medium of strength and continues to be one I use frequently. But, I’ll gladly also work with charcoal, ink, marker, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, pitt oil pastel pencils, and soft pastels. 

Lafayette, La has been my home for just 7 years but it's made a huge impact on my life and artistic endeavors! Miami, Fl was my birthplace and lovely Palm Beach was where I grew up. When I was in my mid teens, we transitioned to South Georgia, I spent a decent chunk of my life there, between Valdosta and Savannah. SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) was a wonderful art school where I learned a lot particularly about color theory. It was there where I started to touch on the curiosity of drawing buildings and using other media. Honestly, there were tons of beautiful sites and scenes across southern Georgia to draw inspiration from, but it’s really been in southern Louisiana where I've grown the most artistically. 

Now that you know a bit more about me, my aim with this site is to provide you with various ways of connecting with me and with my art. Through my blog you can take a glimpse at current projects. If you’re interested in purchasing prints or original drawings, I have a couple of growing collections. If you want to commission me to do a portrait or if you have any art-related questions, just send me an email and we can go from there. Thanks for visiting and enjoy perusing!