Western Art Collector – August 2019

Evening Ballet, oil, 18 x 24"

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Dilkon Vastness, oil, 26 x 70"

cubistic style, both of which capture different
aspects of the subject. Dilkon Vastness is an
example of the former and Nature’s Theater
exemplifies the latter.
Mell pushes the landscape in both
approaches. He says, “You remember basic
forms, color and mood. The details are lost,
but the image remains. The landscape is

too dynamic to interpret realistically...” His

manipulations of the landscape on canvas

allow him to portray “the impact that nature

has in real life.”

His lifelong observation and appreciation

of desert landscape and his well-honed sense

of design give him the freedom to allow what

he calls “happy accidents” to occur. Although

he prepares with sketches and small studies,

where “the basic invention happens,” he has

discovered “when painting more abstract

paintings they kind of invent themselves.”