“Dark and Stormy” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
SOLD “Dark and Stormy” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Dark and Stormy” is a new painting from my recent collaboration with Saje Natural Wellness {Read more about it here}. As soon as this collection of new paintings became available online, I was contacted by a new collector who had fallen in love with this image and just had to have it!
“Dark and Stormy” {Detail Image} 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Don’t let the calm, soothing, neutral colour palette fool you – this painting is full of energy, and emotion.
I started this painting with soft layers of blended cloud and subtle washes of colour.
“Dark and Stormy” {Detail Image} 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Then, much like a storm brewing, my energy started to build and thicker layers of impasto paint were applied. The combination of distinct textured palette knife marks mixed with delicate, swirling brush work heightens the tension and emotion within the painting.
It’s the beautiful dance between ethereal softness and tangible thick texture that I love most in this painting!
“Dark and Stormy” {Detail Image} 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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“Dark and Stormy” {Detail Image} 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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As some of you may already know, I’ve spent the last several months working with one of my favourite Canadian companies, Saje Natural Wellness.
Earlier this year Saje invited me to collaborate with them on an incredible creative project. Using my artwork, we would create a series of limited edition nebulizers that would be for sale in all Saje stores across the country. Our goal would be to raise $20,000 from the proceeds of the project and donate it to an Alberta arts based charity. Since I’m already a huge believer in giving back to my community, I knew this partnership would be a perfect fit.
So… I instantly agreed and got to work creating!
Saje commissioned five paintings in total. {See below} We chose a theme of sea and sky, rooted in the natural elements of water and air which are essential to the nebulizer. {The diffusion process turns liquid essential oil and water and diffuses it into the air we breathe.}
I created five full paintings ranging in size from 20”x20” up to 36”x36”. From here we cropped the images to pick and choose which areas of colour and texture we wanted to highlight. Here are some of the final products:
As beautiful as they appear here, we eventually ran into technical difficulties during the manufacturing process. We soon discovered that the unique dip-dye printing process they use to adhere the image to the round nebulizers, wouldn’t allow the vibrant colours and the thick texture of my paint strokes to show up accurately.
After months of work and dozens… and dozens of attempts later we are now looking into the possibility of using water colour images instead. Stay tuned and I’ll keep you posted on our progress!
In the meantime, these five beautiful paintings are varnished and ready to go to new homes.
To purchase a painting from the SAJE Collection ORDER HERE
“New Horizons” 36″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
“Dark and Stormy” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $1200
“Sky Gazing” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $1200
“Carried Away” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $1200
“Kiss the Sky” 36″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
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“New Horizons” 36″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
“Sky Gazing” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $1200
SOLD “Viña del Mar – Study I” 10″x10” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Carried Away” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $1200
SOLD “Se Abrió, The Sky Opened” 24″x24” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Kiss the Sky” 36″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
SOLD “Dark and Stormy” 20″x20″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Seaside I” 12″x12″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $750
SOLD “Viña del Mar – Study II” 12″x12” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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“New Awakening” 36”x36” Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
Colourful Spring Forest Birch and Aspen Tree Painting by Contemporary Abstract Landscape Artist Melissa McKinnon
This spring forest painting, “New Awakening”, is all about new beginnings and a fresh start. The forest is starting to come alive after a long winter’s sleep. Spring is a time of rebirth, growth and vitality in nature. From darkness into light, we see the new buds of vibrant green leaves starting to emerge and reach up towards the warm spring sun.
“New Awakening” 36”x36” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
This painting is full of vibrant colours and thick textured paint.
Ranging from dark sea blues and turquoise to the fresh emerald and lime greens highlighted with a bits of shimmery golds and yellows, this painting is full of positive energy and life!
“New Awakening” 36”x36” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
I apply the paint to canvas using a variety of palette knives in an impasto style painting technique. This allows me to create layers and layers…(and layers!) of leaves giving the painting a realistic and three dimensional. The leaves and tree bark are literally ‘sculpted’ onto the canvas.
The colours in the painting and appearance of the forest change throughout day depending on the brightness and quality of light hitting the surface of the painting. In bright, mid-day sun the forest is alive and vibrantly coloured as if on a warm spring afternoon. In the evening, once the sun has set and the painting is illuminated only by the soft glow of tungsten lightbulbs inside the home, the painting appears quiet and calm as if we are on an evening stroll through the woods.
“New Awakening” 36”x36” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Love Is Love” 36”x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
“Seaside II” 12″x12″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $750
“Where the Light Lingers” 48″x60″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $5775
“Jewel Trees 8″ 12″x12” Acrylic Painting on Canvas $750
“Stay Awhile Longer” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
SOLD “Morning Hike” 24″x24″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Soft Summer Light” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3050
“To the Edge and Back” 48″x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $4600
SOLD “Head In the Clouds” 72″x40″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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Celebrating a 5th Wedding Anniversary: A Unique Gift Idea That Won’t Ever Be Forgotten
Meet Mark and Aynsley.
They’ve been married for five incredible years.
Mark, being the thoughtful and caring husband that he is, wanted to make their 5th Wedding Anniversary spectacular. Mark came up with the genius idea to surprise her with an original painting from my aspen and birch tree collection – the traditional gift for a fifth wedding anniversary is wood after all!
He chose this work of art, “Canadian Autumn 11” a colourful fall aspen tree painting full of vibrant colourful leaves and thick impasto texture. My favourite part of this painting is the little peek of green and gold hidden beneath the peeling tree bark.
SOLD “Canadian Autumn 11″ 12″x12” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to celebrate one of life’s incredible milestones with great people like Aynsley and Mark. It’s an honour to paint for people who love and enjoy my paintings as much as I did creating them. Thank you for including me on your 5th Wedding Anniversary!
Here’s what the happy couple had to say:
“Let me tell you, pictures do not do it justice; it’s beautiful! My wife will love it. Thanks again,
-Mark.”
Nothing compares to the feeling I got on Saturday morning when I read this message that Aynsley posted on social media:
“OMG OMG OMG!! Mark just surprised me with a Melissa McKinnon painting for our anniversary! Holy! Words can not describe the simultaneous shock and joy I felt when he gave it to me. I LOVE her work and have been wanting one for so long. It’s already a part of our home! #beaming#besthusband “
Thank you from the bottom of my heart you two! I hope your new painting, “Canadian Autumn 11” brings you a lifetime of happiness and joy. Every time you look at it, may you remember your beautiful wedding day and every incredible anniversary that follows.
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary Aynsley and Mark!!
Do you have an anniversary coming up? Here are the traditional and modern wedding anniversary gifts by year. Or you can go rogue and come up with your own unique way to celebrate!
Year
Traditional
Modern
1st
Paper
Clocks
2nd
Cotton
China
3rd
Leather
Crystal/Glass
4th
Fruit/Flowers
Appliances
5th
Wood
Silverware
6th
Candy/Iron
Wood
7th
Wool/Copper
Desk Sets
8th
Pottery/Bronze
Linens/Lace
9th
Willow/Pottery
Leather
10th
Tin/Aluminum
Diamond Jewelry
11th
Steel
Fashion Jewelry
12th
Silk/Linen
Pearls
13th
Lace
Textile Furs
14th
Animals*
Gold Jewelry
15th
Crystal
Watches
20th
China
Platinum
25th
Silver
Silver
30th
Pearl
Diamond
35th
Coral
Jade
40th
Ruby
Ruby
45th
Sapphire
Sapphire
50th
Gold
Gold
60th
Diamond
Diamond
SOLD “Kaleidoscope Trees” 48″x36” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Canadian Autumn VIII” 20″x20″ (Detail Image) Acrylic Painting on Canvas
SOLD “Through the Trees” 72″x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“With Wild Abandon” {Detail} 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Colour Fest” 24″x24″ (Detail Image) Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“New Awakening” 36”x36” Acrylic Painting on Canvas $2600
My Studio – A Sneak Peak at my new collection of paintings!
SOLD “Misty Morning” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Right Where I Left Them” 60″x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas – Hanging in it’s new home!
SOLD “From Here I Can Go Anywhere” 48″x36” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Seaside II” 12″x12″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $750
SOLD “Head In the Clouds” 72″x40″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
SOLD “Morning Hike” 24″x24″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Baby Ayla with her first piece of original art – the start of her collection!
“Stay Awhile Longer” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
“With Wild Abandon” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
“Love Is Love” 36”x48” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
SOLD “Learn From the Fall” 48″x36” Acrylic Painting on Canvas
To see more of my paintings available for purchase, please visit my PAINTING GALLERY.
To commission your own original work of art inspired by the vibrant colours and palette knife texture in these paintings, contact me here.
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“Love Is Love” 36”x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
Colourful Autumn Aspen and Birch Tree Forest Painting by Abstract Landscape Painter Melissa McKinnon
My aim is to create works of art that connect with people. Paintings that are full of life and positive energy, that uplift and inspire.
Using bright vibrant colours and loads of thick sculptural texture, I draw the viewer into the paintings where they are free to explore the landscape up close and personal.
“Love Is Love” 36”x48” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
The contrasting colours and intricate blends are what make these paintings so unique. Each stroke is created using a palette knife loaded with a selection of colours. As I apply the paint to the canvas, the colours mix together creating spontaneous and often surprising patterns of glorious colour. Each one is different and could never be duplicated – they are truly one of a kind!
“Love Is Love” 36”x48” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Love Is Love” 36”x48” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“Love Is Love” 36”x48” {Detail} Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Paintings in progress – “With Wild Abandon” and “Love Is Love”
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New Paintings and a Personal Look Into My Creative Process and Inspiration
I don’t normally share much about the inspiration behind each of my paintings; I want the viewer to have their own personal connection with my art, allowing the paintings to speak for themselves.
That being said, these paintings have become very special to me and symbolic of how I want to live my life and the impact I wish for my art to have on others. To give you a glimpse into my thoughts, and the process that I go through in my studio when I’m not painting, I’ve taken an excerpt from my sketchbook writing and I’ve expanded upon it below. Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts with me, I’d love hear your response. As always, I hope my art brings you happiness and joy!
If you’d like to skip the chatter below, feel free to dive deep into the paintings right away.
Paintings in progress – “With Wild Abandon” and “Love Is Love”
June was a busy month, full of year end school activities with my daughters and finishing my studio works in progress in preparation for our new summer schedule.
June was also a time of unrest in many parts of the world. War, terror attacks, mass shootings, the list goes on. In a time of uncertainty, divisiveness, and constant change in the world, it’s more important than ever to seek moments of peace and positivity in our lives. As humans sharing this great big planet we call home, we are all connected, regardless of age, race, gender or religion. When others are suffering, we are all affected.
I was in the studio painting when I first heard about the mass shooting at Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida. It stopped me cold in my tracks. I was overcome with sadness, worry and a deep feeling of helplessness. Another mass shooting…another horrific senseless tragedy…more precious lives lost. It’s challenging, to say the least, to keep moving forward and to stay positive and optimistic in the wake of such tragedy.
For me, creating art is my way of making sense of the world. In times of darkness or sadness, I can go into the studio and lose myself in the paint. The sheer act of creating brings me joy. Often it’s less about the end product and more about the the journey of the creative process to find that source of joy and uplifting positive energy.
I’ve learned that looking at art and experiencing it first hand has the ability to change ones emotional state in the same way it does while creating it. I’ve witnessed people brought to tears while standing in front of a painting, myself included. Art has the ability to connect people and to change people.
My aim is to create works of art that connect with people. Paintings that are full of life and positive energy, that uplift and inspire. The greatest compliment I could ever receive as an artist is that one of my paintings made someone happy just by looking at it. How powerful is that?! I think we could all use more positive experiences like this in our lives.
“Melissa, we received our painting today and it’s gorgeous, even more beautiful than we saw online. The colours are so bright and cheerful, it makes me happy every time I look at it. Your painting has brought such joy to our home. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.” A+G
That brings me to latest creations and how they’ve become a metaphor for life…
Originally started over a year ago, these particular canvases were soon left behind only half finished, as my attention was devoted to commissioned pieces and managing the deadlines of a busy studio.
“Love Is Love” Painting in progress – the ‘before’.
Fast forward to June 2016, when I rediscovered the paintings. They were dark, dull and lifeless. I no longer felt a connection to them and that wasn’t the message I wanted to send out into the world.
Hearing the news of yet another mass attack on innocent people was heartbreaking. Like many others, I felt overwhelmed and full of sadness for the world. The ray of light that day was the incredible amount of love and support that was shown from people all over the world standing in solidarity with the victims and their families. People not afraid to voice their opinion and stand up for those they love. Because love is love. The one thing we all need more of in this world, is love.
With that as my inspiration and driving force I completed the paintings, giving them new life. I put everything I had that day into these pieces.They have been completely transformed, from dull and dark to gloriously brilliant and full of unabashed colour. You can still see bits and pieces of the dark underneath but they now stand tall and proud, offering a bright beacon of light where once there was only only darkness.
Love is in the air!
So, I have to share this with you…! This is a close up detail of one of the paint strokes in “With Wild Abandon”. In this process, I use a palette knife loaded with a selection of various colours and as I ‘pull the stroke’ the colours blend and create the varied blends and texture. The result is spontaneous, always different and could never be duplicated. It’s one of the things I love most about this series – each and every stroke is unique and beautiful in it’s own way.
Do you see the heart?
It was completely a serendipitous ‘happy accident’ but once I saw it I had to leave it! It’s become a symbol of everything these paintings and my work as a whole, stands for.
With that, I’m pleased to present the two newest paintings in my aspen and birch tree collection, “Wild With Abandon” and “Love is Love”. May they fill your heart with happiness and joy.
“With Wild Abandon” 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
“Love Is Love” 36”x48″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas $3450
“With Wild Abandon” {Detail} 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
“With Wild Abandon” {Detail} 48″x36″ Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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How adorable is this baby!?! Officially my youngest collector ever, read her story below…
Baby Ayla with her first piece of original art – the start of her collection!
Emily wanted to gift her niece with something meaningful and unique to celebrate her first birthday. As a gifted musician and art lover herself, Emily was drawn to the idea of starting Ayla her very own art collection.
It’s not only a beautiful and original way to decorate her colourful bedroom in a way that will grow with her as she ages but also as an investment in her future. Gone are the days of stuffy savings bonds… collecting original art is the way to go!
Emily loves the bright, vibrant colours in my aspen and birch tree paintings as well as the thick application of paint, two characteristics that Ayla (even at one year old!) can appreciate.
Here is the note I received from Emily along with the photo above:
“Ayla Rose the art collector, and her first piece by the fabulous Melissa McKinnon-Artist – and she absolutely loves it!!! Her face lit up the moment she saw it! Thank you Melissa!”
It was an absolute joy to paint for you Ayla Rose, I hope this painting brings you a lifetime of happiness and inspiration!
Inspired by this painting?
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