Melissa Mckinnon

Melissa McKinnon is a Canadian contemporary artist and author based in Calgary, Alberta. Her landscape and abstract paintings explore colour, texture and movement through a continuing curiosity about materials and process. Working from her Calgary studio and gallery, Melissa draws inspiration from her Canadian roots, travel and the emotional connections people make with places. Her practice brings together intuitive mark-making, layered surfaces and experimentation with paint.

A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design (Bachelor of Design), Melissa has work in private and corporate collections worldwide. She is the author of Textured Art: Palette Knife and Impasto Painting Techniques in Acrylic, published by David & Charles.

Melissa welcomes enquiries about commissioned original paintings. Visits to her Calgary studio and gallery are by appointment.

Alberta University of the Arts: Bachelor of Design