Melissa Auberty, Zeotrope

Mel Auberty received her BFA from SMU in 1979. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer and photographer for American Airlines. Later, she owned and directed galleries in New York City and Los Angeles. In 1992, Mel returned to Texas, where the rugged landscape of vast skies, woods, rocks, and animals inspired her to live and work on her family ranch. This setting marked the beginning of her deeper exploration into sculpting and painting. Known for her large, expressionistic blue horse paintings, Mel’s work is featured in numerous corporate and private collections.

Artist Statement

My studio sits in a meadow surrounded by thick woodlands. There are ghosts there – of primitive inhabitants, fossils, bones and dinosaur tracks embedded in 100 million year-old limestone. Earthly echoes from the passage of time.

Immersed in the rhythm of nature, I seek to capture its spirit. Using space, line, movement and color, I create a frame of reference which transforms my personal experience into something significant beyond my own identity. Nature’s savage beauty, the gentle flow of clouds, trees, wildlife and horses – all inhabit my canvases as symbols of a living, breathing ecosystem.

Art is life – shaped by the hands that create it and the eyes that behold it. My paintings seek to awaken forgotten feelings stirred by primitive sense memories – like hieroglyphics on cave walls. I am that cave dweller, seeking to find meaning in the world around me.

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