Artworks by Melissa McGill

My work is my attempt to communicate the way I see the world, through the subtle shift of colour and form created by changing light and the natural world.  Both filter through brush, into composition in ways I’m sometimes unaware of until a piece is finished. Reflecting the joy of movement, my process involves my whole body, large strokes of colour poured or scraped across the canvas punctuated with graphic lines to guide the eye and balance the composition.

I build up my paintings in a very organic way. Working primarily with acrylic paints allows me to work intuitively. Marks and movement are added with pastels, graphite and spray paint. 

After 15 years of interpreting other peoples ideas as a commercial illustrator, painting is a joyful interpretation of my life experience.