About

Melanie Gray is a Sydney based Contemporary Artist, who specialises in Portraiture, Figurative Painting, Life Drawing and Landscapes

Gray uses the painting process to explore complex issues of relationships and emotions.

“There’s always more to things, a hidden meaning.” (D. Tartt, The Goldfinch 2013)

is a quote Gray ruminates on to examine the degree to which one reveals oneself both metaphorically and literally. The result is a narrative that represents a variety of relationships both observed and her own. Gray combines the painting technique of layering to investigate the psychological impact of colour and focuses on shadow as means to extend the metaphor of disconnect and deception.