Melanie Sovran Wolfe, the Artist

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My love for bustling towns and storybook villages began in childhood, turning the pages of Richard Scarry’s colorful books. Later, in my twenties, I fell in love with Charles Wysocki’s enchanting Americana villages. At the time, I was a young military wife, newly returned from Germany to Oklahoma, and Americana décor was having a moment. In our little 1930s bungalow on Fort Sill, I dedicated an entire room to red, white, and blue, and even framed a Wysocki jigsaw puzzle—a quiet tribute to the country I longed for during my years overseas.

Back then, painting felt impossible, like a dream reserved for someone else. So, I wrote instead, publishing books and raising a family. But decades later, life miraculously green-lit a move to Blue Hill, Maine—a coastal town brimming with creatives of every type, and of course, the desire to paint emerged. Surrounded by the arts and the wild beauty of forests and the Atlantic, I picked up a brush and painted Starlit Hollow, my first New England village.

Today, my work is rooted in nostalgia yet infused with imagination and meditation, becoming one with every picture and allowing the universe to flow through me and into every piece. I blend the warmth of American folk art with the swirling energy of Van Gogh-inspired skies, creating whimsical towns where the universe itself is alive. Each piece is a celebration of community, color, and wonder, where the ordinary becomes magical, and all while gifting the viewer an escape from today’s chaotic world.

The most common comment I hear about my work is “it makes me feel happy.” And that makes my day.