Melinda Patrick began developing her art when she was a very young child. Her paintings are her vision of the places she loves, the colorful cityscapes and ordinary people that catch her eye. Recently two of Melinda's works were accepted into the prestigious 2009 National Exhibition of the Marin Society of Artists. The show was juried by Scott Schields, PhD, Chief Curator of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. Those works were exhibited during August at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross, California. Melinda received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. While in public school, she attended the scholarship class at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. She lives in a pine forest near her native Houston.