Artist Bio

Melanie Biehle is an American artist who paints emotion. She explores shapes, patterns, and color palettes inspired by Louisiana landscapes, Pacific Northwest mountains and forests, the coasts of California, and Seattle city skylines.

Forever obsessed with the mind and emotions and never without a notebook, Melanie studied psychology in college and began her creative career first as a writer. After working in Los Angeles as a screenwriter and film marketer, she returned to Seattle and fell in love with painting. She studied abstract painting and composition at Gage Academy of Art and further honed her eye through freelance graphic design and photography assignments. She lists artists Richard Diebenkorn, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell as major inspirations.

The artist was born in rural Louisiana and has spent most of her adult life on the West Coast. She currently lives and paints by a lake near Seattle with her husband, son, and pets. No matter where her journeys take her, Louisiana, the Pacific Northwest and Southern California will always live inside her.