fine art
When we went out to LA for the opening of Matthew Couper’s solo show, “In Memory of Water”, and the group show, “Onward”, that my work is featured in, I did a short interview with local news outlet “The Corsair”. You can read The Corsair here. Many thanks to artist, Matthew Couper, Billy and Matthew at La Luz De Jesus and writer, Stan Misraje for the link. Photos courtesy of Glenn Zuchman.
“The Final Aspersion” by Matthew Couper
“Man With Hat”, by Michele Melcher
Because dates and new opportunities change week to week here’s an updated 2019 Show list. Including some NEW additional exhibitions! I have a lot of work to do the next couple of months and can’t wait to share all of the new pieces with you when I can. Stay tuned!
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Revolution Gallery “Mini Masterpieces” Group Show. January 4-February 9th. Buffalo, NY.
Gristle Gallery “After Dark” Group Show. January 19-March 9. Brooklyn, NY.
WOWxWOW Gallery “Wonderkin” Group Show. April 5th - 26th (Online) https://wowxwow.com/
Laluzdejesus Gallery “ Laluzapalooza #33” Group Show. March 1-31. Los Angeles, CA.
Laluzdejesus Gallery “Group Show” (TBA). May 3-June 2. Los Angeles, CA.
Revolution Gallery “3 Person Show” (TBA) May 10th- June 4th. Buffalo, NY.
Hudson Hughes Gallery “Flora and Fetish” Group Show. April 13 - June 6th. (Online) https://www.hudsonhughesgallery.com/
WOWxWOW Gallery “Fistfuls of Sky” Group Show. June 7th - 28th. (Online) https://wowxwow.com/
Gristle Gallery “Phantasms” Group Show. July (TBA)
“Cult of Meow III” Group Show. September (TBA)
I've been pretty lax with updating my site and blog lately but wanted to announce some good new! I'm so excited to be a part of Sonic Splendor 2 - group show, at Revolution Gallery. My contribution to the show is an oil painting titled, "Space Oddity", which is my tribute to the late great David Bowie. The show opens this Friday, August 3rd 8-11 PM. The address for the gallery is 1419 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo NY. I will be in attendance, so if you are there stop in and say hello! The piece also made it into a quick little feature in the Centerfold section of The Daily Public this week.
Space Oddity by Michele Melcher
In other news - painting painting painting has been pretty much all that's been happening happening happening around here and that's why I haven't kept up with posting lately. There are a lot of great shows that I'm honored to be a part of this year with more shows lining up for 2019. So yeah - I'd better paint!
Opening this Fall:
Sonic Splendor 2 - group show. Friday August 3rd- September 1st. Revolution Gallery, Buffalo NY.
Cult of Meow 2 - group show. Brooklyn NY. Saturday, Sept 8th - October 13th. Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Poisons and Antidotes - group show. Friday, September 7th - October 28. Black Moth Tattoo and Art Gallery, Ardmore PA
All These Witches - Group Show. Friday, October 5th- Jan 2nd. Crucible Gallery
Killing Jar - Group Show. Saturday, October 20 - November 17. Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Trading Card Art Show - Group Show. Saturday, December 1st - January 12th. Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn NY
As you may know, I have been participating in gallery shows along side my illustration work for some time now. I wanted to give a heads up on the galleries that I am working with so far this year. It is only March and there are some other events that are currently in the works so this list will change and I will update it as soon as I have more information. Thank you!
MAY
"SWEET SHOP" - Opening 5/12/18 Gristle Gallery, NY
SEPTEMBER
"CULT OF MEOW II" - Opening 9/8/18 Gristle Gallery, NY
OCTOBER
"KILLING JAR" - Opening 10/20/18 Gristle Gallery, NY
"All These Witches" - Opening 10/5/18, Crucible Gallery www.instagram.com/cruciblegallery
"TBA" - PRIMER Gallery, Lambertville NJ
DECEMBER
"Trading Card Art Show II" - Opening 12/1/18, Gristle Gallery NY
Renewal. Oil on panel. 2018
As some of you may already know, last fall I began teaching myself to paint with oils. It is something that I never thought that I would be able to do...they take so long to dry, I hated working with acrylics, painted for years in watercolor, didn't want colors to mix into mud, didn't want to have to start over....you know, all of the self imposed excuses why I WOULDN'T be able do it.
Anyway, I chilled out, watched a couple of Youtube tutorials, bought some Liquin (a brand name dryer) to speed up the process and after a little trial and error, to my surprise, started painting. And now it is all that I think about.
Many of these are small mementomori type studies. I wanted to start out by doing simple skulls and such to get used to the medium and how the paint works. SURPRISE! I've already sold some, and have a gallery show lined up this summer (TBA).
Now that I have more than 1 or 2 decent paintings, I have made a new section on the site under Fine Art called "Oil Paintings" where you can see them. I'll update it regularly, when there is a piece that is worthy of adding. Thanks for looking!
Michele
