For me, experiencing and thinking about color invigorates life in an increasingly fast-paced and disposable world. I have tried to make paintings that are objects of subtle and energetic color; explore a language worth listening to. The simplicity of the rectangle seemed best suited for these explorations. Hopefully the paintings are a pause in time, a private place where a viewer can bask in the vitality and soothingness of color and its adventures.

Joan Mellon's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art / Franklin Furnace Archives, the New York Public Library / Artist's books Collection, the School of visual Arts, and private collections.

All images and poetry © 2002 Joan Mellon. All rights reserved.

"Edge in the Middle"
acrylic on paper
10.375" x 12.875"

"Red, Blue, Glowing"
gouache & pastel on paper
18.5" x 18.5"

"The Red Wavy One"
gouache & pastel on paper
11" x 9.5"

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"Quiet Green "
oil on canvas
9" x 12"