Melissa Cole
Melissa Cole was born in Oregon and raised in London, Hong Kong, and India. She graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Zoology. She has spent time working in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic in environmental education, as a dive guide in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, and as a naturalist guide in Baja, Mexico. She has written over 30 children’s natural history books and travels with her husband Brandon, who is a wildlife photographer specializing in marine life. It is from these amazing encounters that she derives much of her inspiration for her vividly colored, heavily textured and patterned paintings and mosaic sculptures. Drawing from her background in science, Cole creates vibrant examinations and celebrations of nature with glittering accents of glass and other mixed media.
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Barrel Racing Melissa Cole 30" x 30" acrylic on canvas $1875
Got Your Goat Melissa Cole 12" x 8" x 4" porcelain, paint $545
Georgia on My Mind Melissa Cole 24" x 24" mixed media $975
Sweetie Melissa Cole 12" x 12" mixed media $385
Caretaker Melissa Cole 7" x 10" x 5" stoneware, paint $375
Rainbow Connection Melissa Cole 20" x 10" mixed media $425
Javalina Heaven Melissa Cole 11" x 14" mixed media $385
Protector 10" x 10" x 8" stoneware $675
Phaenopepla Frolic Melissa Cole 24" x 20" mixed media $1025
You Are My Sunshine Melissa Cole 12" x 12" mixed media $385
Rabbitbrush Reverie Melissa Cole 20" x 10" mixed media $455
Moonlight Kisses Melissa Cole 36" x 12" acrylic, glass on canvas $1,175
Hindsight Melissa Cole 18" x 24" acrylic, glass on wood $975
Breakfast of Champions Melissa Cole 12" x 12" acrylic on wood with fused glass accents $385
Just Passing Through Melissa Cole 10" x 30" acrylic on canvas $675
Silence at Last Melissa Cole 17" x 11" acrylic on wood with fusedd glass accents $585