Melanie Biehle
@melanie-biehle-art.bsky.social
Abstract painter exploring the emotional experience of place. Travel, architecture, and coastal landscapes. Trade program for designers. Seattle.
As I wandered the Old Fortress, the ancient tiles beneath my feet caught the early light in a way that felt almost symbolic — glowing through their cracks, revealing more than their worn surfaces suggested.
When I returned to the studio, I realized I wasn’t simply painting what I had seen.
When I returned to the studio, I realized I wasn’t simply painting what I had seen.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As I wandered the Old Fortress, the ancient tiles beneath my feet caught the early light in a way that felt almost symbolic — glowing through their cracks, revealing more than their worn surfaces suggested.
When I returned to the studio, I realized I wasn’t simply painting what I had seen.
When I returned to the studio, I realized I wasn’t simply painting what I had seen.
Shine Beyond Your Edges is the second in this textured, layered pair of paintings shaped by a quiet morning in Corfu.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Shine Beyond Your Edges is the second in this textured, layered pair of paintings shaped by a quiet morning in Corfu.
“The Shape of Time” began in a moment of stillness at the Old Fortress in Corfu. The morning light moved across ancient tiles and captivated me. When I returned to the studio, the painting became less about place and more about the slow unfolding of change.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The Shape of Time” began in a moment of stillness at the Old Fortress in Corfu. The morning light moved across ancient tiles and captivated me. When I returned to the studio, the painting became less about place and more about the slow unfolding of change.
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Over the past month, I’ve returned to that morning again and again as I slowly layered colors, textures, and light on canvas. I thought I was painting a moment in Greece, but what emerged was something deeper: the feeling of transformation.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Over the past month, I’ve returned to that morning again and again as I slowly layered colors, textures, and light on canvas. I thought I was painting a moment in Greece, but what emerged was something deeper: the feeling of transformation.
There was a morning in Corfu when I wandered the Old Fortress almost alone. As I stepped across ancient tiles worn by time, I thought about all they’ve held. How their cracks and sun-faded colors carry countless stories.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There was a morning in Corfu when I wandered the Old Fortress almost alone. As I stepped across ancient tiles worn by time, I thought about all they’ve held. How their cracks and sun-faded colors carry countless stories.
Expand felt like the right companion for today — soft, fluid, and reminiscent of Ammoudi Bay: the sea, the stone, the stairs leading upward.
Fine art prints now available through Gioia Wall Art (Melbourne) for collectors in Australia and the U.S.
https://www.gioiawallart.com/products/expand
Fine art prints now available through Gioia Wall Art (Melbourne) for collectors in Australia and the U.S.
https://www.gioiawallart.com/products/expand
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Expand felt like the right companion for today — soft, fluid, and reminiscent of Ammoudi Bay: the sea, the stone, the stairs leading upward.
Fine art prints now available through Gioia Wall Art (Melbourne) for collectors in Australia and the U.S.
https://www.gioiawallart.com/products/expand
Fine art prints now available through Gioia Wall Art (Melbourne) for collectors in Australia and the U.S.
https://www.gioiawallart.com/products/expand
Back in the studio after ten days of travel in Greece — and last night’s dream 😬🔥 reminded me how important it is to stay grounded in this next season of creative growth.
To tend the fire that began while I was away.
To release what’s no longer useful.
To expand what feeds my soul.
To tend the fire that began while I was away.
To release what’s no longer useful.
To expand what feeds my soul.
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Back in the studio after ten days of travel in Greece — and last night’s dream 😬🔥 reminded me how important it is to stay grounded in this next season of creative growth.
To tend the fire that began while I was away.
To release what’s no longer useful.
To expand what feeds my soul.
To tend the fire that began while I was away.
To release what’s no longer useful.
To expand what feeds my soul.
Feeling more grounded in my art practice and allowing the things I’m so greatly inspired by live inside of me and move through me on the canvas in a slower, gentler way.
I’m leaving for Greece on Monday!
I’m leaving for Greece on Monday!
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Feeling more grounded in my art practice and allowing the things I’m so greatly inspired by live inside of me and move through me on the canvas in a slower, gentler way.
I’m leaving for Greece on Monday!
I’m leaving for Greece on Monday!
I’ve been experimenting with softer ways to use texture in my work. The painting I’m sharing today is the result of beach walks and studio time. Living and working.
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve been experimenting with softer ways to use texture in my work. The painting I’m sharing today is the result of beach walks and studio time. Living and working.
I don’t have any outcomes to show you at this point, but here are some paintings from my past that feel like early explorations of what I’m working on now.
September 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I don’t have any outcomes to show you at this point, but here are some paintings from my past that feel like early explorations of what I’m working on now.
I have been completely geeking out in my studio in the best way — experimenting with creating the textures I most want to express and grounding myself in nature-inspired color palettes.
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have been completely geeking out in my studio in the best way — experimenting with creating the textures I most want to express and grounding myself in nature-inspired color palettes.
“Escape”, an abstract landscape print available through my art licensing partner @wonderwallatx. Shown here as a 48x48 inch framed canvas print.
wonderwallstudio.com/escape/
wonderwallstudio.com/escape/
September 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Escape”, an abstract landscape print available through my art licensing partner @wonderwallatx. Shown here as a 48x48 inch framed canvas print.
wonderwallstudio.com/escape/
wonderwallstudio.com/escape/
Something special is coming. From September 15–21, my Studio Collection will be available in a private online sale — open only to Notes From the Studio subscribers. It won’t be shared publicly or on social media. If you’d like to be part of it, now is the time to join.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Something special is coming. From September 15–21, my Studio Collection will be available in a private online sale — open only to Notes From the Studio subscribers. It won’t be shared publicly or on social media. If you’d like to be part of it, now is the time to join.
melaniebiehle.substack.com
melaniebiehle.substack.com
I’m learning how to trust myself again, even when the next step doesn’t look perfect on paper. I wrote more about this shift in my latest newsletter.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m learning how to trust myself again, even when the next step doesn’t look perfect on paper. I wrote more about this shift in my latest newsletter.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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At summer’s close, a private studio sale will open to Notes From the Studio subscribers. Every original painting in my Studio Collection will be included. It lasts one week only, and the details won’t be shared publicly. I’d love for you to join me.
August 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
At summer’s close, a private studio sale will open to Notes From the Studio subscribers. Every original painting in my Studio Collection will be included. It lasts one week only, and the details won’t be shared publicly. I’d love for you to join me.
The art you’ve been eyeing? It may be closer to your walls than you think. Only my email subscribers will receive the details. Subscribe to Notes From the Studio to be included in what’s coming.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The art you’ve been eyeing? It may be closer to your walls than you think. Only my email subscribers will receive the details. Subscribe to Notes From the Studio to be included in what’s coming.
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Considered these two paintings as a pair today when working with an art consultant in the Bay Area. I’d never pictured them in one place before, but now I really appreciate how they flow together. The dimensions weren’t quite right for her client, but maybe you’re feeling this magic too.
August 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Considered these two paintings as a pair today when working with an art consultant in the Bay Area. I’d never pictured them in one place before, but now I really appreciate how they flow together. The dimensions weren’t quite right for her client, but maybe you’re feeling this magic too.
Hopeful Artifact celebrates slow transformation. Beauty deepened by age, light, and time.
Available through my studio.
Photos by me: Rome, Positano, Amalfi, Florence (2009)
Art photos digitally staged for scale.
https://www.melaniebiehle.com/shop/p/hopeful-artifact
Available through my studio.
Photos by me: Rome, Positano, Amalfi, Florence (2009)
Art photos digitally staged for scale.
https://www.melaniebiehle.com/shop/p/hopeful-artifact
July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hopeful Artifact celebrates slow transformation. Beauty deepened by age, light, and time.
Available through my studio.
Photos by me: Rome, Positano, Amalfi, Florence (2009)
Art photos digitally staged for scale.
https://www.melaniebiehle.com/shop/p/hopeful-artifact
Available through my studio.
Photos by me: Rome, Positano, Amalfi, Florence (2009)
Art photos digitally staged for scale.
https://www.melaniebiehle.com/shop/p/hopeful-artifact
July 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I can’t stop thinking about yesterday’s entry from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo.
“The dearest things in life cannot be owned, but only shared… we share this mystery called life the way sea creatures share the ocean.”
The ocean doesn’t care for borders or nations. Any lines drawn are manmade.
“The dearest things in life cannot be owned, but only shared… we share this mystery called life the way sea creatures share the ocean.”
The ocean doesn’t care for borders or nations. Any lines drawn are manmade.
July 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I can’t stop thinking about yesterday’s entry from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo.
“The dearest things in life cannot be owned, but only shared… we share this mystery called life the way sea creatures share the ocean.”
The ocean doesn’t care for borders or nations. Any lines drawn are manmade.
“The dearest things in life cannot be owned, but only shared… we share this mystery called life the way sea creatures share the ocean.”
The ocean doesn’t care for borders or nations. Any lines drawn are manmade.