Partner Profile

Melissa Harris


Melissa is an internationally published artist and author. Her work has been featured on her own 2011 solo calendar Anything is Possible published by Trends International as well as by Us Games for the Goddess on the Go affirmation card deck and Koppenhol in the Netherlands for her Anything is Possible divination card deck. She has also owned and operated her own publishing company known as Creatrix since 1990. Melissa is well known for a few different series of work, such as land and seascapes, expressive portraits, works featuring distorted perspective, and huge paintings of butterflies. She holds an MFA in Painting from Queens College in NYC. She received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study Painting in Paris which whet her appetite for documenting her travels in paint wherever she journeys. Melissa teaches art classes at the New York Open Center and Omega Institute, the Barrett Art Center, Adventures in Italy, Ghost Ranch and various other retreat centers that correspond with her travels. She has maintains a loyal following of private students. She offers a unique combination of technique with an ability to tune into what each student needs in order to help them find their own individual style of expression. Her favorite way to spend any vacation is by painting wherever she goes. She works in both oil and watercolor. In her book “Painting Outside the Lines” Melissa answers questions that folks ask her about style, technique, inspiration and more. Her new book "99 Keys to a Creative Life" was released by Llewellyn Worldwide Publishing in May 2015. Her work can be found in collections all over the world. www.melissaharris.com