An artist from our neighborhood joins a group show that opens next week.
Melissa Ellis is a full-time artist who lives in Wynnewood North, and she will show all new works in the show, Recharged, at ALG Collective.
Here’s how the collective describes her work:
Melissa Ellis, accomplished sculptural oil painter, will feature her latest series of sculptural oil works, “Bijoux,” the French word for jewel, with an unexpected twist. Famed for her magnificent celebration of color, shape, contrast and motion, her textural oil paintings on canvas will appear, but this new collection will also include her first-ever collaboration with noted fine art photographer, Costa Christ. By adorning his Mediterranean photographs with her distinctive oil “jewels,” Ellis intensifies the realism by painting directly on the photographs to bring them fully to life in 3D effect.
The collective and the show also includes Dallas-based artists Anna Curnes, Annie Griffeth and Christi Meril.
Their gallery is located at 1302 Dragon St. in the Design District.
The artists will be in attendance at the opening, from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. A raffle during the event will benefit Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. The show runs through June 30.
