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Melanie Goemans

Common Nettle IV
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Common Nettle IV

oil & 19ct gold leaf on linen
43 x 43cm
Cuckold’s Row
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Cuckold’s Row

oil and gesso on canvas
118 x 157cm
Cuckold’s Row (Homage in Bronze)
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Cuckold’s Row (Homage in Bronze)

oil and gesso on canvas
114 x 98cm
Edeva the Fair
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Edeva the Fair

oil and gesso on canvas
114 x 98cm
Forget-me-not II
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Forget-me-not II

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
Forget-me-not IV
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Forget-me-not IV

acrylic & silver leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
Fuchsia
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Fuchsia

oil, 22ct. moon gold leaf and gesso on birch panel
32 x 22cm
Hawthorn Variations I

Hawthorn Variations I

oil and acrylic on canvas
110 x 95cm
£4750
Hawthorn Variations III

Hawthorn Variations III

oil and acrylic on canvas
110 x 95cm
£4750
Hydrangea Anomala I
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Hydrangea Anomala I

acrylic & pencil on board
21 x 21cm
Hydrangea Anomala II
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Hydrangea Anomala II

acrylic on board
21 x 21cm
Like Strings of Broken Lyres
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Like Strings of Broken Lyres

oil, 22 ct gold leaf & acrylic on canvas
103 x 103cm
Love-in-a-Mist
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Love-in-a-Mist

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
Love-in-mist III
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Love-in-mist III

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
Narcissi I
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Narcissi I

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
22 x 22cm
Night Garden with Stars
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Night Garden with Stars

acrylic & 22ct gold leaf on linen
43 x 43cm
Night Garden, Moonlight
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Night Garden, Moonlight

acrylic & 19ct gold leaf on linen
43 x 43cm
Of Joy Illimited

Of Joy Illimited

oil, charcoal & 22ct. gold leaf on linen
94 x 125cm
£4750
Of Night

Of Night

acrylic & 22ct. gold leaf on panel
25 x 20cm
£590
Pink Jasmine
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Pink Jasmine

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
Pound Hill
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Pound Hill

oil and gold leaf on linen
120 x 120cm
Pour Une Bohémienne

Pour Une Bohémienne

oil & charcoal on linen
94 x 125cm
£4750
Priory Wood
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Priory Wood

oil & gesso on canvas
98 x 114cm
Queen Anne’s Lace II
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Queen Anne’s Lace II

oil and acrylic on board
32 x 23cm
Rococo IV
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Rococo IV

oil, 22ct gold leaf & acrylic on linen
63 x 63cm
Rose Garden V
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Rose Garden V

oil and gesso on canvas
74 x 64cm
Rose Garden VI
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Rose Garden VI

oil & gesso on canvas
74 x 64cm
Sonnet II
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Sonnet II

oil, gold leaf and gesso on panel
33 x 23cm
St. Mary the Less
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St. Mary the Less

oil & gesso on canvas
74 x 64cm
Stems on Copper
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Stems on Copper

acrylic & copper leaf on panel
23 x 23cm
The Blue

The Blue

oil on panel
22.5 x 22.5cm
£550
Wayside III (Grasses)
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Wayside III (Grasses)

oil & acrylic on canvas
44 x 44cm
Weigela II
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Weigela II

acrylic & 22ct gold leaf on panel
43 x 43cm

“In the early morning I walk my dogs locally and look for the small seasonal shifts, thinking about the quiet beauty in the everyday and
particularly in the natural commonplace things, rarely celebrated. My paintings are inspired by what I see around me: the form of a tree; the long lines of twining stems; the intricate lines of birds in flight. Often I am reminded of a poem or a piece of music and revisit an idea resonating there. References include Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’, Yeats’ ‘He wishes for the cloths of Heaven’, de la Mare’s ‘Silver’, Hahn’s ‘Exquisite Hour’, Schumann's ‘Kinderszenen’. Working from projections of photographs I’ve taken, I trace the lines loosely with a fine square ended brush, and the marks build up the complicated patterns of the whole. Using traditional materials – oil, gold leaf, charcoal, gesso – my work draws attention to these fleeting moments and underscores their value.”

Melanie grew up in the Lincolnshire fens, spending time in Italy in between studying Florentine Renaissance Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London (BA Hons. and MA) followed by MA Fine Art (Painting) at Cheltenham & Gloucester College of H.E. After a series of teaching posts and artist residencies, she relocated from London to Cambridgeshire.

Melanie has exhibited widely in solo and group shows across the UK and work is held in corporate and private collections worldwide, most recently commissioned by The Dorchester, London, as one of six British artists selected to create a painting for their new Artists’ Bar. Her work has also been selected for significant juried exhibitions including the John Moores Painting Prize, ING Discerning Eye, and the National Open Art Exhibition.

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