New RAW Artist!!

Aaaaah! Big news! I have been lucky enough to be chosen for the very first RAW artists event at the Roxy Theatre in Sydney in November! I was contacted last week and had never heard anything about the organization, so I was skeptical. As soon as a did a little research however, I was sold! The company started in the US, and it represents not just Visual Artists, but creatives of all kinds.
(from the website):

"We're an international community made up of creative individuals across the globe.
Our mission is to provide independent artists within the first 10 years of their career with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity.
We welcome all genres of art including independent film, fashion, music, visual art, performing art, hairstylists, makeup artists and more.
We encourage the creative success of the many visionaries and storytellers of our generation.
RAW currently operates in nearly 60 cities across the United States, Australia, Canada and, now London!"

The event I am involved with is a full night party featuring artists of all sorts, music, dj's, fashion and heaps more. Tix are $15 and you will be supporting me and my work which will be showcased both at the event and online. Check out the website and get on it! ♥♥♥
http://www.rawartists.org/melisahmay
Ps. I d like to take this opportunity to say a big fat THANKYOU to all my readers, I appreciate your support and kind words and I sincerely hope you enjoy reading about my artist journey!

Of late..

Wow, its been a while! Lots has happened in my world, and Im loving every down as much as every up!
Back in May, I had a solo show at Blank Space Gallery in Surry Hills called 'The Young Ones'. It was a series of 12 limited edition prints, all based on pop culture.

I was due to hold another solo show - 'Shooting Lines' - two weeks later in Gosford, however due to circumstances out of my hands, I unfortunately had to cancel. I will still be showing the 'Shooting Lines' show though, so watch this space!

Im currently working on an exciting new fashion project with my super talented best friend Jess Chapman, and re-branding my business image in preparation for some brand new directions - very exciting!

Jess's fabulous work - Photo by Bennett Photography

Here are some photos from 'The Young Ones', to see the full series go to my website, or to purchase, my Etsy store. And if you havent already, please pop over to my facebook page to keep up to date with all the latest, including comps and give-aways!

Shooting Lines Addition

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Samantha Blondtron Mathews for the Shooting Lines project. She is an incredible musician and delight to work with, check out her skills here.

Moving Along

Ive been intentionally trying to move away from figurative stuff lately... Im loving patterns, geometry, organic shapes and stitching. Much more to come, but here is a peek of some experimental work from my sketchbooks mm.x

Lost at E Minor

I have been doing some writing for the Arts and Culture website Lost at E Minor which is now set to become a semi regular thing, so I thought Id share with you some of the articles so far. I have looked at a couple of bands, a designer and some artists, all of whom I either have a social connection to, or are just fascinating to me. Check these talents out, you wont be disappointed. And in case you are wondering, I will be posting about myself on there shortly (well why not?!).
Trong G. Nguyen 

Yosef Perez

More Like Tree's

Orlando Seale and the Swell

The Local Posse

New...undecided.

Im very unsure about this portrait I did of Connor yesterday. It was largely unplanned, not quite finished, and in a different direction to my usual stuff...but I feel like there is something there. Im going to try another one similar and see how it turns out....

Love Courtney

Beginnings of Courtney...and my latest motivational tune!

New directions.....

New stuff

Just posting the beginnings of some new work...I have changed my mind numerous times about where Im going with this, but Im thinking about doing some massive paste ups... Hopefully this is the development of a coming exhibition! Watch this space...