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Melissa Bonin (American/Louisiana, b. 1960), "Twilight", 2005, oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated en verso, 59 3/4 in. x 60 in., framed. Note: “Landscapes permit me to sit on the edge of abstraction and reality. You can manipulate colors in a way that produces a feeling of the landscape without copying everything realistically.” --- Melissa Bonin Melissa Bonin began taking art classes at the age of fifteen at the University of Southwestern Louisiana on the advice of fellow artist, Elemore Morgan, Jr. Bonin, a native of New Iberia, captures the luminous spirit of her beloved Bayou Teche with her hazy and romantic landscapes. “When I go out on the water, something happens to me. I feel an electricity, an energy.” These intangible elements are brilliantly put to canvas in the painting on offer here. Ref.: Kemp, John R. Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2016, p. 37.