Author: Melissa Lea

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Why Framing Matters – An Artist’s Perspective

2026-05-06

Framing Matters ~ An Artist’s Perspective Framing matters not just visually, but emotionally. As artists, we spend countless hours considering color relationships, balance, movement, texture, layering, and edge work. Understanding why framing matters for artwork becomes part of understanding how a painting will ultimately live within a home. Framing is oftentimes reserved to the buyer […]

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Your VIP Access to New Work From The Studio

2026-05-04

Melissa Lea

studio news

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Your VIP Access ~ More Than a List VIP is not a label I use lightly ~ Your VIP access is a relationship that I care about and tend to. It is not a dressed-up contact list or a place where names quietly collect. With your VIP access, you are stepping a little closer. You […]

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A new contemporary abstract diptych

2026-04-15

Melissa Lea

aqua, diptych, non-representational, ocean, water

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New England artist, Melissa Lea, paints a new non-representational abstract diptych with acrylic and other media on paper.

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My Residency Experience Part 3 ~ Artist Residency Exhibition New Hampshire

2026-04-12

Melissa Lea

artist life, exhibition

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The Exhibition and What Remains This final installment of the 3-part series, My Residency Experience, reflects on the artist residency exhibition in New Hampshire, and what happens when the work leaves the studio and enters the world ~ how it is received, held, and shared. In Part 1, I shared about arriving at the residency […]

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Attending To Light ~ Residency Series Release | 27 New Paintings

2026-03-09

Melissa Lea

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Residency Series Release ~ Attending To Light I am happy to share the residency series release of formal works, Attending To Light. Over the past several weeks I have been preparing to release the residency series that I created during my Artist in Residency program at The Art Center in Dover, New Hampshire. This body […]