ANASTASIA O’MELVENY
I have been expressing myself through art since I was very young. Most of my work relates to nature or spiritual/religious topics. I enjoy discovering and experimenting with different mediums. I often work on a complex piece for months or even years.
I have always been very drawn to animals and to the quietude of nature – with its intricate web of life and spectacular beauty and also to spiritual/ religious places, rituals and ideas. In those settings, I do feel at peace and more importantly, at home – there's a sense of belonging. In nature and with the spiritual, I sense a direct, inner connection and communication with something greater than I, and it is also a place where words are not needed. My gratitude for what comes to me from these sources certainly gives me my focus on nature and spiritual subjects in my art. But it also makes me want to share what I have been given with the viewer, reader, listener, because I believe that everyone - autistic or not –needs quietude and a place of sanctuary from the turmoil and stresses of life, that everyone needs and will enjoy a sensory connection to the beauty of nature, and that we all have a place inside us that yearns for a sense the sacred - however we perceive or name that. Once we have known or felt that depth or presence, a profound dimension is added to our life - we find our views concerning the world and our place in it, enlarged, deepened, and ourselves supported, inspired and empowered.
Please check out my personal website:
www.omelvenyartworks.com