Melanie paints in two styles. One is expressionistic landscapes, or abstracted landscapes and the other is non objective. She loves toggling between the two. The landscapes are simple and pure with attention to an overall impression rather than detail.

The nonobjective style is completely different. There is no object in the painting that is recognizable. It is completely freeing and uninhibited, a beautiful combination of simple and complex.

I paint because that’s my form of expression, an introspective conversation with myself. It’s a very personal conflict resolution, where I create chaos and problems and then set forth to resolve them. Painting becomes a means whereby I am completely engaged, exhilarated, frustrated and rewarded. 

— Melanie Grein

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