Melanie Desjardines was born in Saskatchewan, raised in British Columbia and Alberta, and currently resides in Prince George with her husband and three children.
As a busy mother and full-time  business owner,  her creative indulgences have been restricted in the past,  however she has recently managed to start finding the time to make  a serious commitment to her art.

Melanie considers herself to be  a  self-taught artist with a very active imagination. She loves to experiment with new materials and techniques every chance she gets and finds her inspiration in some very odd places.   Her intrinsic need to express ideas and interpretations has yielded  a body of work that she finds both exciting and rewarding.

Watercolors are her first love, however owning a sheet metal shop has proven beneficial to her art-making practice. She has been using metal as her canvas in much of her work lately using acrylic mediums as well as trying collage with found items and rust techniques.  Her future plans may include 3-dimensional work as well, but she complains that there aren’t enough hours in the day for all her ideas.
Her favorite motto is “There are no rules”.   Creating  imagery that delights the eye, shocks or surprises us, or simply questions the mind or the process,  makes it all meaningful.   She believes that being creative is a state of mind. It’s a way of thinking and looking at things-maybe a little differently than most.