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 2026-04-03 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/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://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://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. SHORT SENTENCES.” I love that. Translate it to visual terms, and that describes my aspirations for my paintings. 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. SHORT SENTENCES.” I love that. 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With reference to Robert Irwin’s installation,“Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue,” 2006, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246501678-SIP6OJ4TYGJMD3V5MPQU/Adrift+In+Berkeley.jpg New Page - Adrift In Berkeley (18” x 18”, oil sticks, photo transfer on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: Richard Diebenkorn, “Untitled,” c. 1960, CR Number: 2742. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246594920-BF60OZEUX2E8RFFA4NHE/WhereIsTheFeminine.jpg New Page - Where Is The Feminine In Rembrandt? * (18” x 18”, oil sticks, photo transfer, on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: Rembrandt, “Portrait of A Woman, probably a Member of the Beresteyn Family,” 1632. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246501804-92XMVELTVRGJXRFNHYVR/Bloom.jpg New Page - Bloom (18” x 18”, fabric, oil sticks, paper, on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: frame from online source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246565704-UH8BUE59OPO4VWAEX9JB/Standing+on+the+Edge+of+Space.jpg New Page - Standing On The Edge Of Space (18” x 18”, oil sticks, photo transfer, on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: frame from online source. With Reference to: Wallace Stevens’ poem “Of Mere Being.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246553157-RG21DOBM31INML4RFCDM/Oak+Galls.jpg New Page - Oak Galls (24” x 124, oil sticks, monoprint, photo transfer, on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: frame from online source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246509924-UFUPN528WA3VW7F0BT6H/Eurydice.jpg New Page - Eurydice (12” x 10”, photo transfer on raw canvas) Photo transfer: Melinda diSessa, “Woman Reaching for Blue Flowers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246495538-1OT0SYYP9H1JEVL2CU84/AuntJennifersTigers.jpg New Page - Aunt Jennifer's Tigers (18” x 24”, oil sticks, photo transfer, on paper) Photo transfer: tiger rug from online source. With reference to: Adrienne Rich’s poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246542482-NC5E7JHVGNEYA9QDE4VK/ForRaymond.jpg New Page - For Raymond (4 works, each 10” x 10”, oil sticks, paper, metal, push pin, photo transfers, on cradled wood panels) Photo transfer: Raymond Saunders, “Untitled,” 2010, Casemore Gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246576646-L6S84FEBE13N2D9OLRYY/TheCupboard.jpg New Page - The Cupboard (18” x 18”, oil sticks on paper; photo transfers) Photo transfers: online sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246579239-Y911F3PQ7HLHHFC6Y8XO/TheIvyRoom.jpg New Page - The Ivy Room (18” x 18”, oil sticks, photo transfer on canvas, on cradled wood panel) Photo transfer: photo by Andrea diSessa, of Celeste Kopel performing at The Ivy Room, Albany, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246579992-Q227D23ZZGON4SFMSP9L/TheNavajoRug.jpg New Page - The Navajo Rug (18” x 24”, oil sticks, photo transfer, on pressboard) Photo transfer: Paul Wonner, “Nude With Indian Rug,” 1961, The Putt-McCann Art Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246587969-BA91S8CF7RX1VZJFSQX2/UrbanForest.jpg New Page - Urban Forest (18” x 36”, oil sticks, photo transfers, tape, on canvas) Photo transfer: online sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775246589243-I5ITRDY3VGE945PDTA8S/VanGogh+Copy+copy.jpg New Page - Van Gogh Charging His Phone (24” x 18”, oil sticks, photo transfer, on canvas) Photo transfer: Vincent van Gogh, “The Bedroom,” 1889, The Art Institute of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775261899232-PIULE9N8YO4OELWISLT4/Carnacci.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775261902880-WIUAGSSKL151GXZV7Q0K/Fabric+woman.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775261905277-3B9ANU3OLSOGJDC5Z44S/Grave.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775261906688-IE9HZOA1XRCH4BOP6KFG/RYB+copy.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c129b083c3a532692a9c24e/1775261906205-O4QU5KOATD91N7EKSAMP/Rembrandt.jpg New Page