Melanie Ann (Huckaby) Fain, (born October 14, 1958) is a
printmaker
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specializing in
wildlife art
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. The
Texas artist
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is best known for her
etchings and
watercolors featuring
birds, botanicals,
insects, and sporting themes.
Melanie Fain's professional art career began in 1982 when she studied
Intaglio printmaking and began creating etchings. Fain cites
Thomas Aquinas Daly
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Educated as a graphic artist at the University at Buffalo, Daly spent 23 years working in the commercial printing business before leaving it ...
and Thomas Quinn as important influences in the development of her distinctive style.
Melanie Fain's etchings and watercolors have been included in numerous exhibitions, museums and gallery shows: ''Birds in Art,'' in
Wausau, Wisconsin; ''Blossom- The Art of Flowers''; ''Art of the Animal Kingdom'' in
Bennington, Vermont; ''American Art in Miniature'' in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and The Society of Animal Artists.
Melanie's work has been featured in periodicals including: ''Southwest Art Magazine'', ''Wildlife Art Magazine'', ''The Hunting Retriever Magazine'', and
Gray's Sporting Journal
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. Melanie's art has been published in two books: '' Icons of Loss and Grace'', written by Susan Hanson, and,'' Is This Forever or What: Poems and Paintings of Texas'', by
Naomi Shihab Nye.
Melanie Fain's etchings and watercolors are included in private and public collections including:
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,
Southwest Airlines
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,
COX Communications
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,
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,
Wells Fargo Bank, and the
King Ranch in
Kingsville, Texas.
References
Artists for Conservation
*Hanson, Susan, (2004). '' Icons of Loss and Grace'', Texas Tech University Press.
*Nye, Naomi Shihab, (2004). ''Is This Forever; or What: Poems and Paintings of Texas'', Greenwillow Press, pps: 4, 138, 143.
External links
www.MelanieFain.com Official websiteThe Society of Animal ArtistsBirds In ArtThe Hill Country Arts FoundationGiacobbe-Fritz Fine ArtThe Richard James GalleriesThe Hunt GalleryThe Gallery at Round Top
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1958 births
Living people
American printmakers