Mel Kelleher Gannon – portfolio

Contact the artist

mel.k247365@gmail.com

Exhibition information

I am inspired by various ways of drawing and enjoy mark making. 

I work with ink, charcoal, pastel, paint, print, collage, words, textiles, and more recently have had experience of creating surfaces on Raku fired pottery. I have found the opportunity of making botanical print patterns and surfaces using natural pigments and dye has been useful to extending my interest in print and textiles. I also make felt.

Dreaming again and with my folk voice intuitively, here is WILD ’26!

Artist information

As an artist I am always interested in  changing a process to suit my subject matter. If I make creative ‘accidents’ I sometimes regard them as useful additions to a piece, using them as part of a final image.

Layered, multi textural pen work is one of my favourite approaches, and I like to dream along whilst holding a pen, a stick or a brush and go with the flow.

Themes I have worked with include our connection to the land and wildlife, agriculture, birth and death and an appreciation of the cycle of our alarmingly fragile wildlife population and skyline.

I continue to enjoy discovery as part of my ‘creative mission’ and look forward to showcasing my work once more alongside a lovely selection of work from a very talented bunch of creative friends!

I hope you enjoy our exhibition!

Mel

(BA Hons Narrative and Sequential Illustration)