Melissa Milton Art
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Sculpture created from used Amazon shipping boxes. Acrylic paintings on canvas. Hand drawn digital art. MelissaMiltonArt.com
I do not use AI when I hand make my original, one-of-a-kind art pieces. I DO, however, use AI to fly. 🦸🏻♀️ MelissaMiltonArt.com
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November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I do not use AI when I hand make my original, one-of-a-kind art pieces. I DO, however, use AI to fly. 🦸🏻♀️ MelissaMiltonArt.com
#OriginalArt #ArtCollectors #MelissaMiltonArt #UniqueArt #art #northwestarkansas
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Each curve, layer, and texture on this mixed-media sculpture is made by hand — one-of-a-kind and never repeated. Ready to be the focal point of a home or office that values originality.
DM for size, price, or gallery currently exhibiting this piece.
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DM for size, price, or gallery currently exhibiting this piece.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Each curve, layer, and texture on this mixed-media sculpture is made by hand — one-of-a-kind and never repeated. Ready to be the focal point of a home or office that values originality.
DM for size, price, or gallery currently exhibiting this piece.
#OneOfAKind #Sculpture #OriginalArtwork
DM for size, price, or gallery currently exhibiting this piece.
#OneOfAKind #Sculpture #OriginalArtwork
Watch for my art in At Home in Arkansas magazine’s January/February “Art” issue. Here is last Jan/Feb’s Art issue, in which one of my sculptures was shown. For 2026 it will be a painting.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Watch for my art in At Home in Arkansas magazine’s January/February “Art” issue. Here is last Jan/Feb’s Art issue, in which one of my sculptures was shown. For 2026 it will be a painting.
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I decided to give this 16x20 painting, “Wonder”, a makeover. 💫
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November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I decided to give this 16x20 painting, “Wonder”, a makeover. 💫
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THANK Y’ALL for your valuable feedback thru facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. The vast majority of votes were to leave this painting “as is” and not paint over parts of it with solid gray as I had planned to. I’m going to follow the majority’s advice! I appreciate it.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
THANK Y’ALL for your valuable feedback thru facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. The vast majority of votes were to leave this painting “as is” and not paint over parts of it with solid gray as I had planned to. I’m going to follow the majority’s advice! I appreciate it.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And now for one of the less glamorous aspects of being an Artist: Framing the artwork you’ve painted. 🖼️
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November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And now for one of the less glamorous aspects of being an Artist: Framing the artwork you’ve painted. 🖼️
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PLEASE VOTE on which direction I should take this painting. I can’t decide! So I’m seeking feedback. Thank you! MelissaMiltonArt.com
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November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
PLEASE VOTE on which direction I should take this painting. I can’t decide! So I’m seeking feedback. Thank you! MelissaMiltonArt.com
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For some reason, God did not put me in charge of how sharks look. But had God done so, this painting called “Ribbon Shark” shows what sharks would look like had I been in charge of that decision.
“Ribbon Shark”, 16”x20”, alcohol inks and acrylic paint on canvas, in Floater Frame. #art
“Ribbon Shark”, 16”x20”, alcohol inks and acrylic paint on canvas, in Floater Frame. #art
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For some reason, God did not put me in charge of how sharks look. But had God done so, this painting called “Ribbon Shark” shows what sharks would look like had I been in charge of that decision.
“Ribbon Shark”, 16”x20”, alcohol inks and acrylic paint on canvas, in Floater Frame. #art
“Ribbon Shark”, 16”x20”, alcohol inks and acrylic paint on canvas, in Floater Frame. #art
I gave this little owl sculpture a color makeover. 🦉
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October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I gave this little owl sculpture a color makeover. 🦉
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I enjoyed doing a Live Artist Demo at Terra Studios’ 50th Anniversary Event yesterday! ❤️
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October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I enjoyed doing a Live Artist Demo at Terra Studios’ 50th Anniversary Event yesterday! ❤️
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Still experimenting with Negative Space concepts on small canvases. I’m playing around and problem solving on small canvases, like this 8x10, before I go BIG (30x40, 40x40, etc).
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October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Still experimenting with Negative Space concepts on small canvases. I’m playing around and problem solving on small canvases, like this 8x10, before I go BIG (30x40, 40x40, etc).
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“Sea Breeze” is now done. I enjoyed trying to portray the vibe of wind whipping all around you when you’re walking along a body of water. Alcohol inks & acrylic paint on canvas. 17x21. MelissaMiltonArt.com #art #artist #northwestarkansas #originalartwork
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Sea Breeze” is now done. I enjoyed trying to portray the vibe of wind whipping all around you when you’re walking along a body of water. Alcohol inks & acrylic paint on canvas. 17x21. MelissaMiltonArt.com #art #artist #northwestarkansas #originalartwork
Been experimenting in “negative space”. Just doodling around with it, seeing what works and what doesn’t work. 🤔 I’m a believer in what I used to repeat to my then young children: “If you don’t try new things, you won’t know new things.”
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Been experimenting in “negative space”. Just doodling around with it, seeing what works and what doesn’t work. 🤔 I’m a believer in what I used to repeat to my then young children: “If you don’t try new things, you won’t know new things.”
I tend to paint in many layers of glazes, so there are many “stop and let it dry a day or two” pauses. So I usually have 3-5 artworks in progress going at any given time. So there’s something for me to create on while other pieces are pausing to dry.
Here is one of those works in progress.
Here is one of those works in progress.
October 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I tend to paint in many layers of glazes, so there are many “stop and let it dry a day or two” pauses. So I usually have 3-5 artworks in progress going at any given time. So there’s something for me to create on while other pieces are pausing to dry.
Here is one of those works in progress.
Here is one of those works in progress.
WORK IN PROGRESS: This alcohol ink & acrylic painting, “Sea Breeze”, has got me thinking about eye Floaters.
I’ve had 5 eye laser surgeries on my retinas to repair holes. My vision is full of Floaters: Blobs & strands in your vision.
Sometimes they show up in my paintings. Like this one.
I’ve had 5 eye laser surgeries on my retinas to repair holes. My vision is full of Floaters: Blobs & strands in your vision.
Sometimes they show up in my paintings. Like this one.
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
WORK IN PROGRESS: This alcohol ink & acrylic painting, “Sea Breeze”, has got me thinking about eye Floaters.
I’ve had 5 eye laser surgeries on my retinas to repair holes. My vision is full of Floaters: Blobs & strands in your vision.
Sometimes they show up in my paintings. Like this one.
I’ve had 5 eye laser surgeries on my retinas to repair holes. My vision is full of Floaters: Blobs & strands in your vision.
Sometimes they show up in my paintings. Like this one.
I’ve been enjoying creating small originals for this upcoming holiday season’s shoppers. They will be carried at the NWA & OK galleries and gift shops carrying my art pieces. 🎄🎅🏼🎁
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September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I’ve been enjoying creating small originals for this upcoming holiday season’s shoppers. They will be carried at the NWA & OK galleries and gift shops carrying my art pieces. 🎄🎅🏼🎁
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What I do when I get stuck mid way through creating an art piece.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What I do when I get stuck mid way through creating an art piece.
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Most of my art pieces are very carefully planned out ahead of time. But a few of them just “happen”. I make them up as I go along. This shark painting (a work in progress) is just “happening”. I’m VERY curious how it’s going to turn out! 🤷🏻♀️🦈
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September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Most of my art pieces are very carefully planned out ahead of time. But a few of them just “happen”. I make them up as I go along. This shark painting (a work in progress) is just “happening”. I’m VERY curious how it’s going to turn out! 🤷🏻♀️🦈
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“PANDA-Monium!” was a challenging but fun painting to create. 20 inches x 16 inches. Alcohol inks & acrylic paint on canvas.
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September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“PANDA-Monium!” was a challenging but fun painting to create. 20 inches x 16 inches. Alcohol inks & acrylic paint on canvas.
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When painting the background on “Vase Vibes”, I think I began unconsciously channeling some of the 1950s era paintings I saw in people’s homes when I was a kid. Same with the “sketchy” brushwork on the flower. MelissaMiltonArt.com #artist #northwestarkansas #art #painting
September 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When painting the background on “Vase Vibes”, I think I began unconsciously channeling some of the 1950s era paintings I saw in people’s homes when I was a kid. Same with the “sketchy” brushwork on the flower. MelissaMiltonArt.com #artist #northwestarkansas #art #painting
Here’s my artwork on the cover of this month’s American Mensa magazine. 🎈
The original painting is presently hanging in my art studio. (See first comment)
My inspiration for this painting was Mindy Gledhill’s lovely, whimsical song, “Anchor”. MelissaMiltonArt.com
The original painting is presently hanging in my art studio. (See first comment)
My inspiration for this painting was Mindy Gledhill’s lovely, whimsical song, “Anchor”. MelissaMiltonArt.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here’s my artwork on the cover of this month’s American Mensa magazine. 🎈
The original painting is presently hanging in my art studio. (See first comment)
My inspiration for this painting was Mindy Gledhill’s lovely, whimsical song, “Anchor”. MelissaMiltonArt.com
The original painting is presently hanging in my art studio. (See first comment)
My inspiration for this painting was Mindy Gledhill’s lovely, whimsical song, “Anchor”. MelissaMiltonArt.com
Who loves painting birds? 🙋🏻♀️ This is one of my 5x7 paintings on paper being delivered to the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum tomorrow. For their Gift Shop. Alcohol ink & acrylic on paper.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Who loves painting birds? 🙋🏻♀️ This is one of my 5x7 paintings on paper being delivered to the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum tomorrow. For their Gift Shop. Alcohol ink & acrylic on paper.
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I had a thought that if I were to sometimes place my fish and bird sculptures on a pole, their fins or wings could be shown moving downward as well as upward. (On a flat surface their fins and wings are limited to only sideways or upward movement).
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September 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I had a thought that if I were to sometimes place my fish and bird sculptures on a pole, their fins or wings could be shown moving downward as well as upward. (On a flat surface their fins and wings are limited to only sideways or upward movement).
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