Hello! I’m so glad you’re here.
A few random things about me:
I could eat breakfast for every meal of every day.
I’m from Macon, Ga- the same town where the Allman Brothers lived, and am named after their song, Sweet Melissa.
I used to think the lyrics to Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones were “I’ll never be your big Suburban.”
Schitt’s Creek is my favorite show of all time. I watch it on repeat and it never gets old. My next cat will be a black and white one and I’ll name her Moira Rose.
My grandma always told me “Creative minds are never neat” when I would get in trouble for having a messy room. I still tell myself this when my house is a mess. I miss her every day.
There’s never been a time in my life when I didn’t have a pet, or several. I don’t expect that to ever change.
I had a fickle relationship with painting between high school and my 30’s. I would get the urge to paint, do it for a while, and then not pick up a brush for years. Every time I came back to it, I painted dogs. They were my happy place. When I finally started Mel Dunne Studio in my late 30’s, it felt like it was meant to be all along. It just took some time and life lessons to get there. Pets are one of the best things we have in this life, and I know how much yours mean to you. I can’t wait to help you celebrate that.