Melissa Mckinnon

Melissa McKinnon is an internationally coveted contemporary landscape artist based in Calgary, Alberta. Working primarily with vivid acrylic paints to create layered landscapes rich in texture and color, Melissa’s artwork is abstract and expressive – a dreamlike nod to nature inspired by her Canadian roots and grounded in her natural-born creativity.
A deeply intuitive process from first stroke to last, Melissa mixes each color by hand to create the ideal hue, applying texture, movement, and dimension to each canvas. The result is a layered landscape of paint, sometimes up to an inch thick, designed to be traversed with the eyes and traveled with the fingers. Her painting series – often of trees, skies, mountains, oceans, and florals – are collected by art enthusiasts worldwide, bringing life to the walls they grace by inviting audiences to notice the tiny details that make up the space between nature and dreams. 
A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design (Bachelor of Design), Melissa has been a lifelong artist revered for her vibrant signature style that collectors all over the world vie for. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide.