silver, sage, and raspberry abstract spraypaint

Joy 5.5ft by 5.5 ft

Melissa Brazeau’s enormous piece, “Joy,” accentuates the beauty and joi de vivre of the title. The 58-by-58-inch oil painting depicts a nude woman wholly engaged in such an overwhelming emotion, frolicking amongst otherworldly organic shapes, a veritable garden of delight. “I chose to paint a nude model not to sexualize my painting, but rather to have the figure be as unrestricted as the decorations in the work,” says Brazeau.

Brazeau says that she was inspired by the work of Beatriz Milhazes, abstractions laced with vibrant colors combined with swirling shapes and circles. “My art work attempts to combine abstraction with the figure. I believe these subjects work well together because nudes have such beauty and grace and abstract painting has limitless possibilities.”

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New Jewelry

Graduation and art show!

Well tomorrow I graduating with a degree in art and education. Finally looking to begin my career and see where the future takes me. Coming up is a show with my painting "Joy" in the Sprinkler Factory Gallery in Worcester MA. The opening is June 8th from 6-9pm!

Column

This is my first installation project! I was one of four people chosen from a juried competition to paint a column. It has words detailing the progression of human history.

art shows

Was in two shows last week a student show and a club show. Applying to another show for january.... wish me luck! Also was chosen by a jury to decorate a column in a library with words chronicalling the growth of humans across history. Pictures will come when all of my newest art is out of shows!!!

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