Morbid Beauty - Abstract Art

Melissa Rocha from Merced, California is my favorite abstract artist of all time! She has painted well over 50 unique paintings and has never opened up to the public about her work until now.

::ABOUT MELISSA ROCHA::
Melissa was born in Merced California where she currently resides alone with her daughter. When she was younger, she was in and out of the local psychiatric hospital, and painting became her medicine. Even today, she admits that painting (and her 5 year old daughter) are the only things that keep her life together.

::ABOUT HER PAINTINGS::
She has many different types of painting that all have one thing in common... her feelings. She paints what she feels and at times, she has even been known to paint what others feel.

::CONTACTING MELISSA ROCHA and I::
Melissa Rocha's myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/isawamonkey

My myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/smpmrsafety

::CLOSING::
I have many more of her paintings on video with her talking about them, but I just wanted to see what others would think before I posted more. So if you are interested in knowing more about Melissa Rocha's paintings, feel free to contact me or say hello to her yourself on myspace.

Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy her work as much as I do.

-Cory

::SPECIAL THANKS TO MY SPONSOR::
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::MUSIC::
Peace Orchestra - "Who Am I"
Soundtrack - "How To Kill A Deadman Theme"

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[54spiritedwill54]

Wow they are absolutely amazing..Truely Beautiful

[ilovemusic333]

Artists like her amaze me.

They can turn a blank canvas into something with feeling.

You need to understand the artist to feel the art.

It's not just splatters of paint.

The brush strokes are words.

The picture tells a story.

Sorry, went off in a rant.

:p

Anyway, she's awesome!

:)

[Deliciouswisdom]

That was amazing

[TheCalv15]

Wow jus wow melissa, you have an amazing view on the world and take art to a whole nothr meanin bravo melissa bravo, encore

[SylarsDarkPassenger]

These pieces and the artist's mind amaze me. That last painting she was talking about with the mirrors, it really struck a chord, it was like looking into yourself. That centre mirror facing right at you, empty, with all the versions of your self around it, yet you still don't know what you truly look like, and who you REALLY are. It's simply brilliant.

[kigid]

Hmm. While I dont personally like these paintings, I respect that the artist uses them to express herself and uses it to show how she feels.

[baddragon137]

i see so her mind does the same thing to her as it does to the scared child backed into a corner in my mind my understanding is much smaller and i could be wrong considering most of the gruesome thoughts ive had i dont know why theyv been there maybe if i met this woman she could teach me about myself but alas it is but a fleeting dream luckily ive been blessed with the ability of repression of thought to survive the days

[TheSkyRising]

Those painting... are just simply amazing.

They are beautiful, wonderful, magnificent.

[FameSpelledWithK]

Wow...

[jokerdevakijinx]

Personally, I can connect with that person on so many levels. The way she describes her isolation and her thoughts and the way she sees admired people, also the art itself expresses that.

I am certainly not nearly as experienced as she, but I can see my art turning out similar to hers. That is also why I'm just as curious to find out how she can suppress the self-consciousness of such meaningful, expressive work.

Yes, it's weird, but I want to see more. Her artwork is inspiring!

[Furdemons]

she is an artist like you i feel sad i think i know what she was going through somthing bad sad

[tortagialla]

The work is beautiful...wow!