Central Studio

Join us Sunday 2 November between 2PM and 5PM for the opening reception of Melanie MacDonald's Other Kingdoms.

The exhibit will be on view by appointment until Sunday 23 November 2025. To make an appointment please contact Gerald Pedros at 519-521-1125.

Melanie MacDonald’s paintings depict the details of the everyday environments that surround us. Her subjects range from vintage board games, scrapbooks, and ceramic figurines to studies of fishing lures, pond life, and lichen. Using her own photographs as the basis of her paintings, she seeks to capture her subjects in just the right perspective and light with superior detail.

MacDonald regards her paintings as “visual poems that mark the brief, curious moments that punctuate the everyday.” In the tradition of still life painting, her works arrest time for the sake of contemplating the transient nature of our lives.

Melanie MacDonald holds a combined Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Arts and English from Brock University. She has exhibited in public and commercial galleries across Ontario and upstate New York. Her works are held in private collections across Canada and the United States. In addition to her studio-based painting practice, she frequently works on large-scale murals and is an active member of the Niagara Artists Centre. She is based in St. Catharines, Ontario.