Melissa Loop is a Minneapolis-based artist whose paintings are inspired by her travels to faraway places, blending vivid, bold color and simplified forms to evoke a sense of nostalgia, fantasy, and memory. Her artworks explore the space between reality and imagination, spiritual transcendence and skepticism, dream and actuality, hope and despair.
Working with acrylic on absorbent canvas, Loop lets the paint flow and soften by spraying water onto the surface, creating a humid, atmospheric feel. Vibrant oranges, magentas, and yellows pulse through earthy tones, while minimal brushstrokes suggest landscapes rather than precisely define them.
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#1 My Heart Wanders Back To You
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#2 The Great Everything
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#3 I Turned Your Kingdom Out
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#4 Coconut Plantation
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#5 Offerings To Opoa
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#6 Meditation On Change
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#7 Today Is The Greatest
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#8 We Are Hungry Ghosts
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#9 After The Fall
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#10 Not Titled Piece
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#11 Palenque Stairs
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#12 Nuku Hiva
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#13 Cathedral
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#14 Italian Gallery
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#15 Roman Fountain
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#16 View From Neuschwanstein Castle
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#17 Tryingto Live As Islands
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#18 Entrance To The Realm Of Gods
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#19 How Do I Climb Out Of This
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#20 Eye Temple
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#21 Altar For The Hakaui
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#22 Searching For The Meaning
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#23 From That Time When People Could Still Camp On The Beaches Of Tulum
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#24 Violent Hunger
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#25 Journey To Beyond The Threshold
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#26 Blue Tulum
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#27 And Here Lies The Paradise Of Foreign Voyagers
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