The Red Dress NMME Layered art captures the vivid

Layered art captures the vivid traces of circus showmanship

Her paintings and ceramics are rich with engaging and lavish imagery and forms

Her watercolor paintings focus on fresh vibrancy and simplicity

The carousel shape was inspired by a rusty spring discovered by the roadside beneath a poinciana tree—an unexpected find that sparked the idea for this work

The circus may have disappeared

The Red Dress NMME Layered art captures the vividThe Red Dress By artist: Fran Melton Watercolour. 45 x 33 x 2 cm She sat and let the days drama wash over her. Having abandoned her shoes, she embraced the stillness of the room and allowed herself the rare luxury of simply being. The day had begun full of promise and optimism had inspired the vivid red dress as a quiet act of defiance, as though daring the gods to rob her of her joy. But there had been too many people, too many problems, and far too