About the Artist
“Drawing is the foundation of all the visual arts, the product of a direct connection between the eye, the mind and the hand. This makes it feel organic, physical and spiritual at the same time. To me, there is something profoundly satisfying in making marks that come together into something recognizable. It’s a kind of Artistic Alchemy.”
Melissa Miller Nece is regarded as one of the foremost colored pencil artists in the US. Her enthusiasm and humor have made her a favorite speaker for arts groups, and she has inspired many others to try colored pencils through her classes and workshops. Her work has been published in national magazines and numerous books on colored pencil and portraiture.
Melissa is also known as an accomplished painter in acrylics and oils, and often works plein air. She quickly gained recognition as a miniature artist and now is a Signature member of both the Colored Pencil Society of America and the Miniature Artists of America. Her work, which includes many portrait commissions, is in numerous corporate and private collections, including the Cumberland Pencil Co. in England, and it has also been featured in advertising for Legion Paper.
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