An Artist Reception to welcome Artist Melissa Hammond to Harlequin will take place on Friday, December 5, 5:30-6:30pm in the State Theater Lobby. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
Artist Statement
Melissa Hammond is a Pacific Northwest–based abstract artist whose work explores emotion, impermanence, and imagination. What began as a daily painting practice grew into a meditative ritual—an expressive process of release and renewal. Through layered acrylics and everyday textures, Melissa translates her inner landscape into visual form, creating space between illusion and reality. Her paintings celebrate the beauty of imperfection and the fleeting nature of the human experience, inviting viewers to connect with the abstractness of living in a constantly shifting world. Inspired by nature, travel, and the pursuit of radical acceptance, Melissa’s work encourages curiosity, wonder, and presence—reminding us that meaning is often found in the in-betweens.
