Artist and photographer ..... inspired and taught by Nature. Melanie was born in Cape Town in 1968. She grew up on a small holding just outside Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa. Much of her childhood was spent in nature, discovering and creating fantasy worlds. As a young child she remembers taking her father's paints and pastels into the garden, and finding a secret place to create.... undisturbed. Her world of art education was one of observation, intrigue and learning through discovery. After completing high School in 1986,...more
