Sleeping Under the Stars - LIMITED EDITION PRINT

Name: Sleeping Under the Stars - LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Brand: Melissa Lakey
Price: 200.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$200.00

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16"x20" Unframed 16"x20" Framed

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"Sleeping Under the Stars" Limited Edition Print by Melissa Lakey

We are excited to introduce exclusive limited-edition prints by Melissa Lakey, inspired by her original painting from the In the Realm of Dreams exhibition at ArtHouse & Co. Available only through us, these prints offer a rare opportunity to own a piece of this dreamlike collection.

Print Size: 16" x 20"
Edition of 15
Printed on 300 gsm, 100% cotton rag archival fine art paper made from 100% pre-consumer waste.
Prefer your print framed like the original painting from the exhibition? Select the "Framed" option for a custom, handcrafted Baltic Birch frame.

About the Artist

Biography

Melissa Lakey is an artist and illustrator based in Joshua Tree, California, where the windows of her art studio look out onto the Mojave Desert. Inspired by the desert where she lives and a childhood spent dreaming of becoming a cowboy, her colorful mixed-media paintings explore the magic of the American Southwest.

Melissa has exhibited across the US in mixed and solo shows. Recent solo exhibitions include “Sun Songs” at Hey There Projects in Joshua Tree, CA, and “Songs we heard in dreams,” at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.

Artist Statement

In these paintings I hope to capture the magical possibility of night and the places we might visit in dreams. They were inspired by moonrises, night swims, and the songs we sing when no one else is around. I like to imagine my paintings are moments in stories I wish I knew, folktales half-remembered but that never existed at all.

I work in mixed media, combining watercolor, ink, gouache, oil pastel, and colored pencil. I paint quickly, usually without a plan, leaving room in each painting for surprises and experiments. This playful approach keeps art exciting for me.

I’ve always been drawn to night scenes, and have been exploring them in my artwork for a few years now. There’s something extra special about night here in the desert where I live. Sometimes I can hear a pack of coyotes yipping and playing in the hills outside my studio or the hoot of an owl in the distance. There’s space for dreams and for solitude. Music and musicians are another theme I keep returning to. What are the melodies of the stars, the moon, the wildflowers? What is the music of dreams?

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Sleeping Under the Stars - LIMITED EDITION PRINT

$200.00