GatherInsight Messenger:
Melissa Harris

Melissa Harris captures the universal stories of our human experiences in her paintings. She is a Fulbright Scholar who studied painting in Paris for 2 years. She received her BFA in painting from Syracuse University and her MFA in painting from Queens College. Melissa also studied at the University of Virginia, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and The New York Studio School.

She teaches private classes combining drawing, painting, and meditation, and has held workshops at the Omega Institute, The New York Open Center and numerous other centers throughout the country.

Melissa's work has appeared on numerous magazine and book covers, several cassette and CDs, and both "We Moon" and "Celebrating Women's Spirituality" calendars. Quite prolific, she has shown at nearly two dozen solo exhibitions, and many dozen more group exhibitions, in both the US and France.

A desire to re-connect with nature after many years of life in New York and Paris prompted a move to the Woodstock, NY area in 1993 where she is surrounded by a multitude of cats and other beautiful things.