Melissa Peck
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“It was important for me to not be in a classroom comparing my work to other artists, or trying to please my professor. I wasn’t concerned about how realistic I was drawing I was simply creating for me. As I evolve and change, my work is a direct reflection of that. Whatever I am passionate about at the time will show up in my work.”
-- Melissa Peck
Melissa Peck was nine years old when she knew for sure she was an artist. After drawing a picture of a little girl, she was so impressed with herself that she hopped up and ran around the house yelling “I am an Artist! I am an Artist!”
Peck remembers the first time she saw the art of the “Masters” on an art history tour in Europe. Tears surfaced as she stood in front of their paintings. Filled with an overwhelming feeling of belonging, she had found her peers. “I saw the heights to which my passion could be taken and I had a vision of who I wanted to become.”
