Art by MelK

Art by MelK 👩‍🎨 Painter, graphic designer, cat lady
🎨 Documenting my art journey
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC

It feels a little bittersweet to be down to the last few prints of Daisy’s Daisies 🥹🌼This painting will probably always ...
08/31/2026

It feels a little bittersweet to be down to the last few prints of Daisy’s Daisies 🥹🌼

This painting will probably always be one of my favourites, and seeing how much love she’s gotten over the years makes me so happy.

There are now only 3 of the 14” prints left, and all 3 are at Shop Makers downtown Victoria. I don’t have any tucked away at my studio and I won’t be restocking them, so once these three find homes, that’s it! 💛

08/28/2026

The painting that helped me find my footing as a new artist 🥹

Daisy’s Daisies will probably always be my favourite painting because it really felt like it clicked for me and because Daisy was my first baby. She sadly went missing and to this day I still dream about her finding her way home even though it has been well over a decade.

Only 3 left in the 14” print. She’s available at Shop Makers downtown Victoria. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

08/26/2026

Sorry to break it to you dog lovers but…

I am a cat artist 🐈🐈‍⬛
I don’t paint dogs.

I get a ton of requests for cat portraits and am very happy in my niche so I am not taking on dog portraits requests.

For now.
Who knows what the future holds. 😸

It’s been a while since I’ve shared about my gorgeous notebooks and their story. So here it is:I’ve always been somewhat...
08/08/2026

It’s been a while since I’ve shared about my gorgeous notebooks and their story. So here it is:

I’ve always been somewhat of a stationery fan. Not a die hard collector but I have my preferences.

Quality paper.
Spiral bound.
Cute cover (of course!)

When I started selling my artwork it was a bit of a dream of mine to print my art onto stationery so I started with my two best selling paintings on notebooks.

But I wasn’t satisfied with any old plain notebook. No no. It needed to satisfy my quality check and I had a specific vision for rose gold foil letting on the cover with a matching spiral spine.

You can’t get that done at any old print shop.

So off I went on a half year journey speaking with manufacturers, mapping out the specifications, preparing the designs, ordering samples, and revisions.

Until finally I had the finished notebooks in hand. Two whole giant boxes filled with them!

They are perfect, almost too perfect to write in 😂

Aaaand they are now available at Shop Makers Victoria 🩷

My painting progress so far, or should I say our? 😂 I am being majorly micro managed on this one! How do you deal with a...
08/05/2026

My painting progress so far, or should I say our? 😂 I am being majorly micro managed on this one!

How do you deal with a colleague who won’t leave you alone?? 😂

08/05/2026

Living my best cat lady life 😻

08/04/2026

Tea party cats coming soon! 😻

Follow along to see how this series develops 🩷 It’s still very much in progress.

What do you think of these tea party set ups I’ve got going on?

I added a whole ton of picture frames to my set up at the Moss St Paint In and love the way the prints look in their fun...
07/22/2026

I added a whole ton of picture frames to my set up at the Moss St Paint In and love the way the prints look in their funky colourful frames!

Personally I love the wavy frames and love that they come in so many colours!

What do you think of the wavy frames?

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