About Melissa Walker, The Artist

Melissa Walker has been winning acclaim with her artwork since high school. Today she can most often be found creating abstract mixed media collages or painting landscapes in watercolor or pastel. She also creates visual journals, altered books and Artist Trading Cards in addition to her painting.

Melissa’s work is influenced by abstract expressionism and incorporates many mixed media elements. She is a National Board Certified art educator with over 23 years experience teaching elementary, middle, high school and adult students. She received a BS degree in Art Education from East Carolina University and a MA degree in Painting and Printmaking from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. She has continued to study painting with well known artists and instructors Robert Burridge, Bob Rankin, Joe Deguilio, Sterling Edwards, and Jack Shields. Melissa is a member of the Pastel Association of North Carolina and the North Carolina Watercolor Association as well as a long time member of the North Carolina Art Education Association. She recently had 3 artist journal pages published in the book, 1000 Artist Journal Pages, by Dawn DeVries Sokol and is featured in the Teacher-Student Portfolio of the Aug/Sep 2010 issue of School Arts magazine. Melissa teaches art at Randleman High School in Randleman, NC and has offered numerous art workshops to artists and teachers alike. Her students have won many awards and she inspires her students to pursue an art career of their own.

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