Gallery / Exhibit
harvestgallery@gmail.com
(902) 542-7093
Harvest Gallery is thrilled to present “Love Song” - twenty joyful new paintings by Halifax artist, Melissa Townsend.
In this body of work Townsend explores the sentiment of a “Love Song” through a menagerie of characters including this time, the odd, unexpected Ostrich. A fox or three, rabbits, a bear, and a raccoon also show up. Her signature owls round out the chorus. Melissa’s paintings are unquestionably whimsical, fun, light and quirky. However, the work is quite intentional on a deeper emotional and spiritual level.
For Melissa, the inspiration for this show is best expressed as a poem;
There is a song that plays forever
Can you hear it? It's in the wind. It's in the sun.
Can you feel it? Day to day, night by night – it plays inside your heart
New sounds – forever new, all day, all night. In the safest place to rest you hear it. It calls to you. You pause, you breathe and it speaks to you.
It starts so softly, like the trickling sound of a babbling brook, yet it flows, it flows with the current of a mighty rushing river.
It is the strongest song you've ever heard. Can you hear it?
It beckons you. It invites you to join – join the chorus, or sit, just sit and listen – until you're ready
to join in.
There is a song that holds all things together. Can you hear it? A song of life. A song of love.
A love song ... to you.
- Melissa Townsend & Aaron Babcock
Leaving her roots in sunny Alberta, Melissa packed up all of her favourite art supplies in search of creative adventures on Canada's east coast. In 2005, she graduated with her Degree in Fine Arts from the esteemed NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2012, Nova Scotia Art Bank purchased Melissa's work for its public working collection. Melissa's paintings can also be found in important private collections both locally and internationally.
Melissa is committed to producing work packed with promise and hopes to engage the viewer physically, as well as emotionally. The thick brush strokes afford the canvasses a sense of depth and honesty.
Today Melissa lives with her husband and little boy in Halifax. She spends any free time she can find affectionately with her pencils and paints.
harvestgallery@gmail.com
(902) 542-7093
Harvest Gallery is thrilled to present “Love Song” - twenty joyful new paintings by Halifax artist, Melissa Townsend.
In this body of work Townsend explores the sentiment of a “Love Song” through a menagerie of characters including this time, the odd, unexpected Ostrich. A fox or three, rabbits, a bear, and a raccoon also show up. Her signature owls round out the chorus. Melissa’s paintings are unquestionably whimsical, fun, light and quirky. However, the work is quite intentional on a deeper emotional and spiritual level.
For Melissa, the inspiration for this show is best expressed as a poem;
There is a song that plays forever
Can you hear it? It's in the wind. It's in the sun.
Can you feel it? Day to day, night by night – it plays inside your heart
New sounds – forever new, all day, all night. In the safest place to rest you hear it. It calls to you. You pause, you breathe and it speaks to you.
It starts so softly, like the trickling sound of a babbling brook, yet it flows, it flows with the current of a mighty rushing river.
It is the strongest song you've ever heard. Can you hear it?
It beckons you. It invites you to join – join the chorus, or sit, just sit and listen – until you're ready
to join in.
There is a song that holds all things together. Can you hear it? A song of life. A song of love.
A love song ... to you.
- Melissa Townsend & Aaron Babcock
Leaving her roots in sunny Alberta, Melissa packed up all of her favourite art supplies in search of creative adventures on Canada's east coast. In 2005, she graduated with her Degree in Fine Arts from the esteemed NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2012, Nova Scotia Art Bank purchased Melissa's work for its public working collection. Melissa's paintings can also be found in important private collections both locally and internationally.
Melissa is committed to producing work packed with promise and hopes to engage the viewer physically, as well as emotionally. The thick brush strokes afford the canvasses a sense of depth and honesty.
Today Melissa lives with her husband and little boy in Halifax. She spends any free time she can find affectionately with her pencils and paints.
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Pricing: Free
