Totem Mel Alves and animation

and animation

She currently resides in her hometown with her husband and daughter-cat

you can find me happily working in my studio doing what I love most

His work is at once hopeful and brooding

changing forever how she would see the world

Totem Mel Alves and animationDetails About acrylic on stretched canvas 16 x 20 x 1. 5 in. 2021 "I paint femininity that demands attention and tender masculinity that invites introspection. I use the archetype of a nature goddess as a vessel to navigate themes of gender expression, power, and our carnal desires. When I paint portraits Im closing the space between a fantastical subject and our own mundane emotions resulting in themes that one might recognize in themselves despite