Melissa Harris is a Fulbright Scholar who studied in Paris for 2 years on her grant for painting. She received her BFA in painting from Syracuse University in NY, and her MFA in painting from Queens College, in Flushing, NY. Melissa also studied at the University of Virginia, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and The New York Studio School.
She teaches private classes combining drawing, painting, and meditation, and has held workshops at the Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and other centers throughout the US.
Melissa's work has appeared on numerous magazine and book covers, several cassette and CDs, and both "We Moon" and "Celebrating Women's Spirituality" calendars (through 1998) Quite prolific, she has shown at nearly two dozen solo exhibitions, and many dozen more group exhibitions, in both the US and France.
A desire to re-connect with nature after many years of life in New York and Paris prompted a move to the Woodstock, NY area in 1993 where she lives on 9 beautiful acres surrounded by a multitude of cats and other beauty.
Also visit Melissa's FINE ART SITE. Discover original paintings in styles that include: Sacred Erotic, Butterfly, Fantasy, Landscape, and Portrait.
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