Continuum Painting

Melissa Broadwell’s artistic journey began later in life, a revelation that unfolded against the backdrop of her years spent in supportive roles. Her passion for painting emerged unexpectedly. It all started as an experiment—an exploration of digital painting software. Melissa’s loving engineer husband observed her blending techniques and recognized their affinity with oil painting. Inspired by this revelation, he dispatched a package of art supplies to their home. The brushes felt familiar in her hands, texture creation and blending flowed naturally. Oil became Melissa’s chosen medium, surpassing all others she eventually tried. But her process defies convention. Unlike artists who envision a clear image before they begin, Melissa begins each canvas without preconceptions. She follows an intuitive flow of what she feels in a meditative connectivity state. Sometimes not always, Mid-painting, something stirs—a hint of an animal, a fragment of a landscape. She amplifies these glimpses, allowing them to shape her work. Her paintings often explore the balances of energies in existence. Abstraction feels like home to Melissa; it’s where her creativity thrives. Some speculate that she may be high-functioning autistic, a unique perspective that infuses her art with authenticity and depth. Through it all, Melissa remains profoundly grateful—to her husband, who recognized her latent talent, and to the divine force that fuels her creative spirit. She always states. Be free through art, art in any form can help people to feel the connection and tingles to all things. There is more .