Nina Meledandri Watercolor Untitled (#546)

• Watercolor/Gouache on paper, 1999


• 10¾" x 14½", framed 16 x 20"

• Meledandri's paintings tend to contain images that have been with her since she was a child doodling in her schoolbooks, but they have their roots in symbols that are a part of all of us. The repetitive marks that she has always made represent many aspects of our universe, ranging from cells to eggs to pods, from organs to flora and fauna, from grids and spirals to rocks and shells.


• Some search for answers by exploring the world outside of themselves, others go in. As a member of the latter group, part of the language Meledandri uses relies on the visual clues inherent in some of the most basic building blocks of life: cell-like form, eggs dividing and multiplying, entities traveling through passages. Other images are more structural but equally as universal and can be seen as walls with windows or doors, whether looking in or looking out? These symbols manifest from her passions, fears, hopes. As with all truths, as with all experiences, she hopes her paintings can be read on many levels.