Native Texan Melissa Ellis is a renowned palette knife artist celebrated for her sculptural oil paintings and contemporary fine art. Over the course of her 22+ year career, she has mastered a distinctive impasto technique, meticulously hand-sculpting each piece of oil paint into intricate, three-dimensional forms using palette knives. These carefully crafted shapes are then applied to canvas or wood panel, creating dynamic works of art that explore depth, motion, and color. Through brilliant patterns and rich textures, Melissa’s paintings evoke a sense of wonder, emotion, imagination, and nostalgia in her viewers.

Drawing inspiration from her travels and the boundless beauty of nature, Melissa constantly seeks the extraordinary in the everyday. She finds magic in the small, unusual, and often overlooked details that surround us. These unique discoveries - from distant destinations across the globe to hidden gems of the natural world - are transformed into her luxurious and mesmerizing 3D oil paintings, inviting the viewer to experience the world through her imaginative lens.