https://www.mdisessa.com/work daily 0.75 2020-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1544727493185-CW15IPDRRGUNF9GTPX34/2_Woman+On+Top.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1568228047092-9PKXXR4IJ6MA3VDJP961/FromTheKiln%231_18x18.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1568230154056-NYW9OC26HVON7XT2Z9B1/Hollow_web.jpg Work - Between Two Worlds: Hollow Vessel 18x18, oil sticks and mixed media, $300 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1568228882680-JD3H5YDCOJ30WYUXQDXJ/drifting_web.jpg Work - Drifting oil & cold wax, Sold https://www.mdisessa.com/events daily 0.75 2020-06-19 https://www.mdisessa.com/events/2020/6/20/flux-wax-in-all-forms monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://www.mdisessa.com/events/2020/6/8/me-to-myself monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://www.mdisessa.com/events/2019/4/2/textures-amp-patterns monthly 0.5 2019-03-10 https://www.mdisessa.com/events/2019/1/28/walking-together-paintings-and-photographs monthly 0.5 2019-01-31 https://www.mdisessa.com/events/2018/12/15/here-part-1 monthly 0.5 2018-12-14 https://www.mdisessa.com/projects daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1626734757895-0PDO46IWK7HXR0Y1SZIA/Melinda_diSessa_At+Yayoi%27s+Exhibit.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1626805273078-B39KGMQ31WLTGX8AT8IH/Melinda_diSessa_Fort+Bragg+Factoryjpg.jpg Galleries - Fort Bragg Factory 16x16, oil sticks (Available: $300) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1626810110993-8X5HJH604XU1QA4NLG4U/nicknude.jpg Galleries - Nick's Nude SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1649801642180-X6ZHS5BMS2YIFN4D2YHW/SS_GreyBlue_web.jpg Galleries - On the Ground Floor: Grey Blue 36x48, oil sticks, on canvas, framed, 2021 “Seeking Stillness” was a two-woman show I mounted with friend and artist Linda Wong. It ran from April 7 - May 16, 2022 at the Benicia Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1691522362163-9X2T917918A1O9YWL7SD/Tulips+Series+_1SS.jpg Galleries - Tulips #1 36x36, oil sticks, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1730318677045-18DDZGV9HIY1DZWL0TQ9/image-asset.jpeg Galleries - Ginkgo Sun In April 2024, my family and I traveled to Llano, Texas to witness the total eclipse. The eclipse lasted about 4 and a half minutes, and affected me deeply. I viscerally understood the sun as the source and condition of life. These paintings reflect that. 36×36, oil sticks, wax crayon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1699308056309-TQ566WF372FOF2KOZDTU/Melinda_diSessa_Convergence.jpg Galleries - Convergence 24x48, oil sticks and cheesecloth on canvas, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1730319623945-8GD9ORN6ZKGSSWKLK0IH/Girl+Combing.jpg Galleries - Bathing 36×36, oil sticks, wax crayon. (Available: $1200) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1626809484009-L78QTBS0N70NUDIHEC1S/MudAndStone1+copy.jpg Galleries - Natura Morta This painting was juried into the inaugural deYoung Museum Open Exhibition, 2020. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1677626467524-5T84K14QCW2MCKN3IOY5/Melinda_diSessa_ByOurThroats_Lace.jpg Galleries - By Our Throats: Lace SOLD. 48x24, oil sticks and photo transfer. This series was inspired by the Supreme’s Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Each painting was modeled after an historic image and represents some of the ways in which women have been controlled and invented by men. This is a new, continuing series. “Lace” is inspired by Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Woman. This piece was juried into “Women Artists Making Their Mark,” at the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, jurors Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1716323179907-PU0H2OBYJJUOHIL4VASP/New+Blue_web.jpg Galleries - Alchemy 30x22, oil sticks, photo transfer on cradled wood panel, 2025 https://www.mdisessa.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1598138358661-6JBOYGXHGFJ22IJ6HPBI/IMG_1774.jpg Home The first woman to head the National Institutes of Health was Bernadine Healy. She used to have a sign on her desk that read : “STRONG VERBS. 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