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Welcome.  I'm Melissa, multi-generational artist, raised in one family setting with Folk artists establishing studio art practices with intaglio printmaking and metal sculpture yet I'm always painting thanks to a deep rooted philosophy that my mom instilled in me early on.  I'm 4th generation to a Pennsylvania Dutch German heritage and tradition.  I trained with experimental printmakers, after finding Robert Blackburn in 1988.  I hold a Masters in Printmaking from Slade School of Art, University College London,  (1993-95) studying alongside late Prof. Bartolomeu cid dos Santos in the Tavira Print Workshop, Stanley Jones of Curwen, external accessor Norman Ackroyd, Dan Welden. 

I print on canvas, wood, plastic and metal.  Metal sculpture makes art not necessarily how it's seen, but how I see it through the lens of a printmaker with viscosity for sound and light.  Partnered to Bertoia Studio, I work in collaboration with Val Bertoia for 30 years and together we stand together for curiosity and experimentation with art.  The everyday is why I manage two beloved studio art practices and wrote one book thus far called Everyday Art, Folk Art now in the 3rd run.  My studio tool box has two printmaking presses and one Ledeuill Paris Workshop press on it's way for Gong Printing!  

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