Beautiful Boys

The Anasazi anthropomorph duet in this monotype are petroglyphs from the Butler Wash panel located on the San Juan River in Southern Utah. Melanie finds the broad areas and simplified design of these particular petroglyphs perfectly suited for "having fun with color." She does countless variations on this theme...Doing 8" x 6" singles, 11" x 15" duets and 17" x 35" quartets. Your own personalized color schemes are encouraged and welcomed.

The prices range from $65
up to $395 for the large quartets.

 

Kiva Ladder

Melanie Brittain's "latest venture" is chine colle (collaging using the printing press). The rungs of the kiva ladder provide a dynamic perspective-tension in framing various pictures of realistic subjects. The ladder itself is comprised of torn strips of Melanie's abstract monotypes.

These one-of-a-kind
15" x 11" pieces start at $95.

Melanie Brittain
Printmaking

An artist since the age of three, Melanie Brittain has worked in many media...crayons, chalk, oil painting, sculpture, and watercolor. She has lived in various picturesque (artist) communities throughout the United States... Provincetown, Aspen, Lahaina, Telluride. Finally settling in Santa Fe, she met and "fell-in-love" with the printing press. She loves the element of surprise when the finished print is peeled off the plate. She prides herself in displaying only original, hand-pulled works of art done on hand-made or 100% cotton rag paper using oil-based etching ink.

Melanie Brittain
103 Sam Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.982.4985

www.riversandruins.com