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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Protector 10" x 10" x 8" stoneware
Georgia on my Mind 24" x 24" acrylic on wood
Barrel Racing 30x30 acrylic on canvas
Rabbitbrush Reverie 10x20 acrylic on wood with glass accents
Javelina Heaven Acrylic on wood with glass and turquoise accents
You are my Sunshine 12x12 acrylic on wood with glass accents
Caretaker 7x10x5 stoneware
Phaenopepla Frolic 20x24 acrylic on wood with glass accents
Got your Goat 12x8x4 handbuilt porcelain
Rainbow Connection 10x20 acrylic on wood with glass and turquoise accents
Sweetie 12x12 acrylic on wood with glass
Moonlight Kisses Melissa Cole 36" x 12" acrylic, glass on canvas $1,175
Spring Connection Melissa Cole acrylic 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
Touchdown Melissa Cole 15.5" x 18" x 8" bronze, glass $3685