Mela M. Studio

02/18/2025

Mela M
Window, 2005

06/14/2023

10/16/2020

Mela M
Angled View
Acrylic & bees wax on wood panel 18X19” Triptych, 2003

10/13/2020

My practice of yoga and standing on nails definitely came in handy moreso than ever in 2020 and inspired me for this series of work.
Cathedral Satellite Beacon no. 9
Balancing on a Bed of Nails
Acrylic on wood and metal, 2020
I stand on sharp nails and meditate.
I feel pain at the pressure points on my feet.
As I relax into these sensations,
I focus on my breathing.
Rapid pranayama breath 108 times followed
by holding my breath until I no longer can.
I exhale imagining my mind-self
entranced by the next Cathedral Space Beacon
into a transformation of shapes and colors.
I discover more revelation
with each subsequent breath.
There is no more feeling of pain.
Only rolling waves of deep well-being.
Mela M4

08/10/2020

Mela M, Acrylic on panel, 10x11x8”, 2018

PRISMATIC HOME OF THE NEW UNCOMMON ERA WITH BRIDGES OVER THE PURPLE VOID no 4
LOSING GRAVITY IN THE ORBITING MEGATROPOLIS: geometric waves, vibrant fields and optic frequencies.

Exhibited at:
Carnegie Art Museum Studio Gallery, Ca 2020
Japanese National Art Center and Museum in Tokyo 2019

07/26/2020

My practice of yoga and standing on nails definitely came in handy moreso than ever in 2020 and inspired me for this series of work.

Cathedral Satellite Beacon no. 22
Launching from a Bed of Nails.
5x8x16”, Acrylic on wood and metal, 2020

I stand on 67 sharp nails and meditate.

I feel pain at the pressure points on my feet.

As I relax into these sensations,
I focus on my breathing.

Rapid pranayama breath 108 times followed
by holding my breath until I no longer can.

I exhale imagining my mind-self
entranced by the next Cathedral Space Beacon
into a transformation of shapes and colors.

I discover more revelation
with each subsequent breath.

There is no more feeling of pain.
Only rolling waves of deep well-being.

Mela M4

06/17/2020

Day # 6 of the Women's Art Challenge. Thank you Bonita Helmer for this invitation to post my work. Today, instead of my own, I would like to offer a post of one of my favorite artists, Hilma af Klint, "The work of the first abstract artist was unseen in her lifetime, and was not exhibited until the 1980s"

Hilma af Klint, The Swan, No. 12, 1907

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/hilma-af-klint

http://artmarketmag.com/hilma-af-klint-paintings-for-the-f…/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint

04/18/2020

MELA M
A Discrete Prismatic Array of Color on Cathedral Satellite Beacon # 7 Mandated as an Anxiolytic for Sheltering in Place.
Acrylic on wood, 2020

02/27/2020

FYI, today is the last day to view THAT LAYERED LOOK 2 exhibit curated by Peter Frank at Tufenkian Fine Arts. I hope those of you who have not yet seen this wonderful exhibit are able to stop by.

Mela M4
Architectural Solar Variations Across Space and Time no. 4
Acrylic on wood, 2019

02/13/2020

Mela M
A Prismatic Home of the New Uncommon Era with Bridges over the Purple Void
@ THAT LAYERED LOOK 2, curated by Peter Frank.

Tufenkian Fine Arts
216 S. Louise Street
Glendale, Ca 91205