About the Illustrator

Melissa Pelletier

    Self-taught artist, Melissa Pelletier, has been drawing for as long as she can remember. While living as a student in Europe, she discovered that art would always play a major role in her life. There, at the age of 16, she had an illustration published on the cover of a literary arts book titled "Sketches".
    Melissa works in pencil, watercolor, and ink. Her subject matter consists of everything from wildly imaginative dreamscapes flowing with color and energy, to photorealistic paintings of lighthouses and wildlife. Her award winning art is in public and private collections around the world. Her work has also appeared in the Boston Globe, The Lighthouse Digest, The Portland Press Herald & several other publications. Melissa exhibits in art shows throughout Southern Maine in the summer.

   In addition to her art, Melissa is a writer. She has written and illustrated a children's activity book titled "Lenny & Herbie's Maine Adventure Activity Book". She also wrote "Alec Mitchell and the Secret at King's Cove" an adventure story based in the fictitious town of King's Cove Maine. The book is due out in the fall of 2002.

Melissa can be reached by e-mail at melissapelletier1@yahoo.com.