Melissa

A while ago I was looking over the fecalface website and stumbled across Melissa's work and I was impressed, she produces amazing work and she mainly works in water colour, a difficult medium to work with and yet she produces amazing work.

Phil:

So how did you get into art?

Melissa:

I've always enjoyed drawing. My dad had a picture he drew when he was a
boy of a big ship with tons of sails and I thought it was brilliant. I
used to make him draw my portrait. My brother is an amazing artist as
well.



Phil:

What do think influences your art?

Melissa:

Everything. I can't help it. I'm a sponge. The hard part is squeezing
something out. I really like Folk art. I love the simplicity and genius of
it. A lot of current illustrators I love today remind me of it.



Phil:

What is your art about?



Melissa:

I'm still working on that part. I think right now it is mostly about
attempting to create pretty pictures full of beauty and imagination. I
recently said this: "Most of my work has an underlying theme of escapism
stemming from the environmental, political and social issues facing us
today and the internal angst of dealing with it."



Phil:

Who are your favourite artists?

Melissa:

Kenojuak Ashevak
David Choe
Amy Cutler
and many many more...



Phil:

So what are the plans for the future?

Melissa:

Plant a money tree and continue making art.



Phil:

Quick fire round:

Whats your favourite:

Song: Leaving on a Jet Plane
Film: The Science of Sleep
Drink: mojito
sport: ultimate fighting, there's something intriguing about people
wilingly kicking the shit out of each other for sport.
colour: hot pink

Check out Melissa's website's

Axel honey.com

Flickr