Melissa Willett

All around me, I see the world blossoming. Flowers are blooming, fruit is ripening, children are growing, and colors are exploding. In my art, I love to explore the lusciousness of the natural world. Through painting the moving and growing world, it can be captured and exaggerated to show the pleasure of viewing our stunning surroundings. I like to contrast this with skulls and withering flowers, there is no life without death and no pleasure without pain. My pieces are beautiful and colorful, but also moody and a reminder of life’s fleeting nature.