Melissa Mahoney

Best advice you’ve been given•Paint for yourself, be true to yourself.

Goals/Aspirations•I'd love to have a team of artists helping me create my work in various mediums... and work on very large scale works.

Favorite artist•I don't have one favorite but I am always inspired by going to galleries and museums and seeing new work.

What are you reading•Bend don't break by Ping Fu, The Tao the Ching and Gary Larsen's The Far Side

Hope to learn how to •Recreate my paintings on textiles

You spend a lot of time thinking about•What inspires people. My next painting series. How connected everything is.

Favorite musical artist•Lately: Natural Self, Angus, Devendra Benhart, Passenger, Massive Attack, Cut Chemist, The Tributers, Little Dragon. Old school: U2, Pink Floyd, Queen, Procol Harum

What do you do when not creating art •Playing outside - cycling, running, walking. Hanging out with family and friends. Gallery and museum hoping.