Sketchbook Journeys
From Melody Phaneuf's Sketchbook, Quincy Wince & Pal
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It’s sometimes a revelation to peruse old sketchbooks. Pictures store the essence of an artist’s spirit at the time of their creation. They hold up a mirror to time, like snapshots of a journey.
Drawings done from imagination seem to be most telling. I recall being mesmerized by the notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci, whose invention spanned subjects from murals of torrential floods and curious beasts to battle weapons and flying machines. I felt like I was inside the mind of a towering genius that could download ideas the way Tessler drew down electrical currents.
Nothing in my sketchbooks is that profound, but there seems to be a quest for joyful experience and awe-inspiring spaces. Drawings from imagination exercise an inner vision, challenging to bring forth, but worth the treasures they hold.
Looking back, I see a quality of self, now passed. Revisiting these journeys transforms my spirit and keeps me moving toward new visions.
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Sketchbook Illustrations by Melody Phaneuf from The Marvelous Adventures of Quincy Wince
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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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