Melissa Doherty (born October 8, 1967) is a

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visual artist. Doherty creates aerial view landscape paintings, which give the viewer a feeling of distance from the landscape. Her work also has a three-dimensional feeling, similar to architectural models, and have been described as "still lives." She graduated from the

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with an Honours Bachelor of Arts ( Fine Arts, Studio Specialization). Doherty has received awards from the

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and

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. Her work is held in the collections of Sir Elton John and David Furnish, the

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, the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Progressive Art Collection, among others. She has exhibited across Canada and in the U.S. including the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Sherbrooke, Quebec, the University of Toronto, the Cristinerose Gallery, New York,

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, and

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, Toronto.

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Official websiteMelissa Doherty on ArtnetInterview with Doherty
from Art Sync Canadian landscape painters Canadian women painters University of Waterloo alumni 1967 births Living people 21st-century Canadian women artists {{Canada-painter-stub

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