Southern Creatives: Melanie Eberhardt, Painter
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 12:00AM This is the first episode of "Southern Creatives", my new digital documentary series exploring the lives of right-brain thinkers and creators found deep in the South. Hear their stories. See their spaces. Get inside their minds. (And then tell me what you think.)
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Melanie Eberhardt is an artist living on an ample plot of land in Canton, Georgia with her dog Lucky, twelve cats, four horses, Pony Joe, a pot-belly pig, and a cockatiel. Likened to a Matisse paper cutout style, she crafts clever, story-based compositions in a bold palette of gouache paint. She is represented by Georgia galleries including AB Gallery in Marietta owned by well-known folk artist, AB the Flagman, The Seen Gallery in Decatur and The Raiford Gallery in Roswell.

