Melanie Anderson

“For my canvas I paint on old reclaimed building materials which include roof tiles, rounded brick copings and logs.”

I look at the surface of each material to see how I can use the weathering, texture and grain to create an image. I interpret Turners paintings onto interesting logs, hand paint reclaimed rounded brick copings to create food for thought and from the weathering effect on roof tiles I create simple images which allow people to use their own imagination, taking them to waterfronts in Venice, London or New York, or local countryside surroundings.

I use a variety of left over paints, gold and silver leaf.