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Melissa Jean
@melissajeangibson.bsky.social
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I’m an interdisciplinary artist working in illustration, printmaking, & fiber art, with an emphasis on process, playfulness, & portraiture.

My art is available here: www.etsy.com/shop/melissajeangibson
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some of my recent linocut prints

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #printmaker #handprinted #linoblockprint
high contrast black & white prints - small linocut prints of music notes & portraits, some on a record sleeve, & including a woman in a beret in a pussybow in the center of the image
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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the largest & most detailed linocut I’ve done so far in its final state, & w the first proofs

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #linocutprintmakers #printing #handprinted #handprinting #print #artprint #handmade #portrait #portraitart
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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work in progress 🔪

#artist #artistprocess #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #handcarved #workinprogress #printmaker
October 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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NEW ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ REVIEW: “Great patch and seller. Love it”

get yours here: melissajeangibson.etsy.com/listing/9877...

#illustrator #embroideredpatch #pink #nature #flowers #skull #skulldesign #skullpatch #💀#embroideredpatch #patches
embroidered skull patch with pink flowers eyes & one shiny gold tooth embroidered skull patch with pink flowers eyes & one shiny gold tooth
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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FROGS AGAINST FASCISM 🐸 🇺🇸

#nokings #nokingsday👑🚫 #frogsagainstfascism
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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FROGS AGAINST FASCISM 🐸 🇺🇸

#nokings #nokingsday👑🚫 #frogsagainstfascism

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my husband & I in frog hoods holding signs in Boston Common with our friend
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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FROGS AGAINST FASCISM 🐸 🇺🇸

#nokings #nokingsday👑🚫 #frogsagainstfascism
me giving the peace sign in a frog hood costume w big eyes, wearing a “frogs against fascism” button & holding a sign that says “NO KINGS NO ICE” & leaning on a frog statue at Boston’s Frog Pond in Boston Common
October 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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‘1979’ gouache on paper

completed November 2020
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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hand holding iridescent blue LP cover in the sunlight - Aretha Franklin’s 1970 album ‘Spirit In The Dark’
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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A V A I L A B L E 💔🇺🇸💪

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gold enamel pin with a woman flexing muscles, the words “refuse resist” on her tank top gold enamel pin with a woman flexing muscles, the words “refuse resist” on her tank top - pins on American flag cards gold enamel pin with a woman flexing muscles, the words “refuse resist” on her tank top - backside of pin showing 2 posts (to keep pin from rotating)
September 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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portrait of Birdie (in the new apartment) 🐈‍⬛ 🌈 gouache, marker, colored pencil 9/1/2025
a mixed media portrait of a black & white cat sprawled out on a very colorful rag rug, with a pink mouse toy near her belly & pink petunias coming through the window with a woodgrain floor
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Happy International Cat Day 🖤🤍🖤🤍 this is my b&w beauty
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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May 2025
May 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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process 🔪 linocut wip

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #portrait #portraitart #lino
#handcarved #art #minimal #minimalart #femalefigure #wip #linocutwip
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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handcarved 🔪 linocut figure

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #linocutprintmakers
#printmakersofinstagram #handprinted #handprinting #ink #print #artprint #art #primitive #minimal #minimalart #figureart #femalefigure #femalefigureart
February 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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snowy Saturday ❄️ at the Arnold Arboretum ❄️ 1/11/2025
January 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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process - handcarved 🔪 linocut print collage

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #linocutprintmakers
#printmakers #handprinted #handprinting #ink #print #artprint #handmade #illustratorsofinstagram
#artists #stamps
December 31, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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handcarved 🔪 linocuts

#artist #illustration #womensart #linocutprint #linocut #printmaking #illustrationart #linocutprintmakers
#printmakers #handprinted #handprinting #ink #print #artprint #handmade #illustratorsofinstagram
#artists #stamps
December 30, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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✨👁👁 ✨ 👀 ✨

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November 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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hand printed & hand colored booty butt linocuts (4x6) 🍑 I used celebratory confetti colors to capture the joy of the female figure

each (gouache & iridescent acrylic) hand colored print is unique! available here: melissajeangibson.etsy.com
October 23, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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🚨 NEW IN THE SHOP! $35 - !!! 🚨
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handprinted linocut portrait on wood 3.75 x 3.75

please note the slight variation in the prints & wooden surfaces / tones - these were handprinted with love using a baren & Speedball screenprinting ink (black)
February 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Hello 👋 I’m Melissa Jean. I’m an interdisciplinary artist working in illustration, printmaking, & fiber art, with an emphasis on process, playfulness, & portraiture.

My art is available here: www.etsy.com/shop/melissajeangibson
August 13, 2023 at 4:11 PM