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Born 1944. Known for: French Quarter genre and figure scenes, murals, commercial art.
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative juices really flow. I did a lot of things off the top of my head, and sometimes would just start painting something and see where it led. and this is one of those paintings. I probably just painted a background, and then got interested in working on... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative juices really flow. I did a lot of things off the top of my head, and sometimes would just start painting something and see where it led. and this is one of those paintings. I probably just painted a background, and then got interested in working on some perspective, hence the brick wall. Then, I probably decided it needed to have a flute player, because I had a friend who played the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Poster Art, Poster Design
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
