Jamie Melton

Jamie is a professional artist and illustrator. Growing up Jamie always enjoyed sketching pencil portraits, drawing cartoon characters, or anything in any medium he decided to venture into at that time. As a young boy he spent much of his time in his room crafting his God-given skills into a self- developed range of styles that has taken him from his roots as a pencil artist and illustrator to his primary medium today as an acrylic painter.

Over the last 28 years he has worked as a commission artist in his spare time, and when not producing commissioned work for customers he’s producing pieces he enjoys that has built up his portfolio, which is a collection of over 160 pieces to this day. In his artwork he simply tries to capture a time, a place, a feeling or a subject that will stimulate the feelings and emotions of the viewer.

Jamie’s artwork has appeared on TV, written about in the newspaper, and displayed in shows. He’s done work of/for famous personalities, as well as the common man. He an artist that work has blessed people everywhere it’s been seen.

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