Melissa A. Weeks

Yin Yang Cats on a Braided Rug

Whether sculpting with slate and copper; or doing collaborative, landscape, meditative, miniature portrait, or performance painting; working with silver; or making pottery, I enjoy the dance between intense focus and stepping back to evaluate the results.

I never grew out of collecting shells and rocks on the beach and am known to pick up a variety of discarded objects to use in creating art. I become lost in beautiful sunsets filled with billowing clouds, water views, watching birds, squirrels and other animals. These life experiences bring me peace and inspiration.

I was presented the idea of doing a kitchen stool and encouraged to let my inspiration guide me. Everyday when I looked at the stool I thought of something different. Then I adopted two cats or they adopted me, either way, we became a family. Watching them curled up beside me one day gave me an idea. I grabbed my pencil and did a quick sketch. The stool is the first piece of art I have done with my new muses. I changed the color of the cats to black and white to emphasis the yin yang position in which they were curled. Painting this design on the stool was a challenge for me but I love the end result.

Melissa A. Weeks, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (but my mother says I was creating art in the crib as a baby.) Additional studies: Engineering Drafting, Business Management, and CAD. I continue to enjoy taking new art classes; most recently I have studied Cape Ann Impressionist oil painting with Don Stone N.A. at the Rockport, MA Art Assoc. and Sterling Silver Jewelry making with Kathy Binn's at Exeter Fine Crafts, Exeter, NH. Sally Bishop of Worcester, MA was my mentor for ten years until her death in 1994.

I have been a member of South Church for 10 years.

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