Browse a variety of Melissa Sharplin’s artwork printed on high quality 100% cotton rag paper available to purchase. The original media used to create these art pieces are graphite and acrylic paints. This creates a mixture of a commanding presence from the use of acrylic colour, yet softness using graphite creates a truly special piece of art.
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Contemporary babes in grey scale with a palette that pops. 'In Love with Apricot' makes a gorgeous triptych with her sisters 'In The Pink' and 'In The Blue'. Available framed.
'Looking at flat sections of colour with detailed pieces of realism.' - Melissa Sharplin
Finished in 2012
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
About This Artwork
Contemporary babes in grey scale, with a palette that pops. 'In the Blue' makes a gorgeous triptych with her sisters 'In The Pink' and 'In Love with Apricot'.
Available framed.
'Looking at flat sections of colour with detailed pieces of realism.' - Melissa Sharplin
Finished in 2012
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
About This Artwork
Contemporary babes in grey scale, with a palette that pops. 'In the Pink' makes a gorgeous triptych with her sisters 'In The Blue' and 'In Love with Apricot'.
Available framed.
'Looking at flat sections of colour with detailed pieces of realism.' - Melissa Sharplin
Finished in 2012
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
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Gorgeous wasabi green hair style in a bat like theme, with her eye mask drawn on, showing her comic book like character... 'Bat Girl'
Original completed in 2017.
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper
Original Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
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'Miss Aviator, one of my most popular prints - she is a composition of layered images creating a power piece' - Melissa Sharplin
Miss Aviator is available on limited run Women and Men's Tshirts
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 11.5 x 18.5 Inches
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Innocent in a baby blue top and messy hair, she wears a super hero mask and isn't sure what she is yet... or is she?
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper
Original Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
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Coral sky pops behind this snowy peak, rendered in impeccable detail.
Choose from a standard paper print, or archival quality inks on 100% cotton rag paper.
Available framed in white, black or natural.
Original Medium:
Graphite and acrylic
Original scale approx 30 x 30 cm
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Baby blue behind a Southern Otago rock face.
Choose from a standard paper print, or archival quality inks on 100% cotton rag paper.
Available framed in white, black or natural.
Original Medium:
Graphite and acrylic
Original scale approx 30 x 30 cm
About This Artwork
Deep inky blue, and the halo of the full moon surrounds this little muse.
Printed in rich archival quality inks on 100% cotton rag paper.
Available framed in white, black or natural.
Original Medium:
Graphite and acrylic
Original scale approx 30 x 30 cm
- Original Work available -
About This Artwork
'Looking at flat sections of colour with detailed pieces of realism.' - Melissa Sharplin
Deep Denim is also available on limited run women and men's tshirts.
Finished 2012
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paperOriginal Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
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'I was looking into origami and how playful it was when I made these drawings, this one was especially cute, unfolding itself from the model, galloping away' - Melissa Sharplin
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
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'I was looking into origami and how playful it was when I made these drawings' - Melissa Sharplin
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paperOriginal Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
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Sourcing inspiration from Jill Scott - "Living your life like it's golden."
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
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Hiding behind a wolf costume, luring you in but defending her territory. A play on the famous Red Riding Hood tale, where Little Red Riding Hood wins the day and makes a costume to remind herself.
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper
Original Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
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'Drawing from a photograph my friend Mathias took in Birmingham, these are lyrics from The Roots album with Erakah Badu' - Melissa Sharplin
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paperOriginal Scale: 15.7 x 23.6 Inches
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'Pop Geisha, This little lady was on some very old bathroom wallpaper in my very first flat in Christchurch on Madras Street - Dreamy' - Melissa Sharplin
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paperOriginal Scale: 16.5 x 23.5 Inches
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This image was taken backstage at fashion week NZ in 2007, by photographer Anneke Stewart.
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
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'Huffer Geek, Backstage at NZ Fashion Week 2008'
Photographer - Anneke Stewart
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 5.8 x 8.3 Inches
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'This image is a small reflection of the Chch earthquake, I lost my studio opposite the cathedral, and this little princess has the broken cathedral as her crown' - Melissa Sharplin
Finished in 2012
Original Medium: Acrylic and graphite on paper Original Scale: 8 x 11.5 Inches
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'Turn an Honest Penny' a photorealistic drawing of a collected teaspoon my Grandmother gave me. I love the twists and shine of this work, the simplicity of photorealism in grey tones, (this work framed made it into my home in the kitchen by the teaspoon collection.)
'Original Medium: Graphite on paper
Original Scale: 11.5 x 16.5 Inches
