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Genesis, 2011 (Copy) Genesis, 2011 Acrylic on Wood, 35.5 x 25.5 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1493916268322-5ZRGD5HP8OXEOB6AOPKL/Rhythm+of+Life%2C+2012%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+44.2+x+40.7+cms.jpg New Gallery - Rhythm of Life, 2012 (Copy) Rhythm of Life, 2012 Acrylic on Wood, 44.2 x 40.7 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1493916445272-RVCDZ5C2TN0BR9BBQE2J/Prayer%2C+2010%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+21.5+x+18+cms.jpg New Gallery - Prayer, 2010 (Copy) Prayer, 2010 Acrylic on Paper, 21.5 x 18 cms http://www.melissaalley.com/weg-avenue daily 0.75 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456781031800-S4ECOSVWOYBTPX7BZ3U9/image-asset.jpeg Weg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456781118018-Y9WRN49UQUEJE97BLH4O/image-asset.jpeg Weg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456781326147-4M9RZ1EHNPMROICC0FTZ/image-asset.jpeg Weg http://www.melissaalley.com/nacht-avenue daily 0.75 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456780029777-ONQAU9WY23IASQHF9UK8/image-asset.jpeg Nacht http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index daily 1.0 2025-07-21 http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/miniatures-4-apjr2 monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750777441456-G5GYW5YZEN6KJMRMCMI0/IMiniature+1.jpeg Home - Miniatures Lost and Found, 2023-24, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750777460338-MV77UZHGJQQNBWTAHIVX/Miniatures+studio+installation.jpeg Home - Miniatures Studio installation, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/2bd56c53-29df-4a38-8204-3e1c44c9925b/IMG_4404.JPG Home - Miniatures Communing with Others, 2023-24, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/23c83222-a5c9-45b1-b716-4385b153feb9/IMG_4400.JPG Home - Miniatures Presence, 2024-25, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/75d432a1-6f70-4f21-aaf7-879b6d27ad87/IMG_5035.JPG Home - Miniatures Restful Being, 2023, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/3d45a85c-8f42-4474-95b5-cbb9418334e3/IMG_4401.JPG Home - Miniatures Fiery Landscape, 2023, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/53b6d8be-0884-49cf-aecd-8e41a19fc24f/IMG_3080+2.jpeg Home - Miniatures Eclipse, 2023, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/c2fd3176-3940-405e-b361-c9ba5b60d20f/IMG_4405.JPG Home - Miniatures Living Dream, 2023, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/4aa5d191-f90d-41ee-a36c-ecb86a92c9cf/IMG_4406.JPG Home - Miniatures Communing, 2023-25, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/7fd5ec89-2929-4aed-b59b-ae7ecf67d6c5/IMG_4402.JPG Home - Miniatures Belonging, 2023-25, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/c201f30b-232c-4dda-88e5-5afcb40a69da/IMG_4397.JPG Home - Miniatures Cavern, 2023, acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/aa470801-ff1f-4453-8691-0a1ff844c8fa/IMG_5036.JPG Home - Miniatures Kinship, 2024-25, 10 x 10 cms http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/installations-gyz3r monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520622852998-9X7DBLA0G9NW7D3XPVTW/IMG_2473.jpg Home - Installations - Fusion, Cinnamon Soho, London (Copy) Fusion, Cinnamon Soho, London I had a solo exhibition at Cinnamon Soho in 2015. This was a site-specific installation at the restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1537277099481-FP50HJAKGODIO5U0NL0I/Colour+Fugue+home+copy.jpg Home - Installations - Glengall Road installation (Copy) Glengall Road installation This is an installation on our staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520093703225-2E0D657N5BH4VOAK4NMM/2.+Colour+Fugue1.jpg Home - Installations - DIY: 19 Variations on the Theme of Wallpaper (Copy) DIY: 19 Variations on the Theme of Wallpaper I made this piece for an exhibition that my husband, the artist, Paul Tecklenberg and I curated in our house in 2000. Please note the references in the accompanying text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1537277581331-DEOZCOUHV1RRWWYOUH81/fullsizeoutput_3e7.jpeg Home - Installations - Ensemble (Red & Violet), Cinnamon Soho, 2015 (Copy) Ensemble (Red & Violet), Cinnamon Soho, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1537278333429-BZ40LHT8HXNTHDE0GONW/IMG_2273.JPG Home - Installations - United (Copy) United Each individual piece represents a member of my family, including my paternal grandparents who I never met. My aim was to connect to each individual and make a picture that represented them. I was fascinated by the information that came out. The formation was based on a football team, hence the title, United. Here it is installed at Cinnamon Soho for an exhibition in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520094654109-S5JL0OY5V14E7ZMNBC6T/Ensemble+%28Turqoise+and+Plum%29+installation+shot+2.JPG Home - Installations - Ensemble (Turquoise and Plum) (Copy) Ensemble (Turquoise and Plum) This piece was made as a commission and is installed in the owner’s house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1537278786471-L11FPCRC2QTQMIGR50VG/Ensemble+%28Turqoise+and+Plum%29.JPG Home - Installations - Ensemble (Turquoise and Plum) (Copy) Ensemble (Turquoise and Plum) http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/catalyst-df63n monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520092998595-715MBPLSA2HJCVISZFIC/1.+Drawing+in+Cecil+Collin%27s+class+of+Alex+Kingston%2C+1986.jpg Home - Catalyst - Drawing in Cecil Collin's class of Alex Kingston, 1986 (Copy) Drawing in Cecil Collin's class of Alex Kingston, 1986 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520093461101-MILK7CNYPCGE3ZHT7QFQ/Alex+Kingston%2C+The+Sea+1+copy.jpg Home - Catalyst - Alex Kingston, The Sea 1, photo etching, 1-35 (1).jpg (Copy) Alex Kingston, The Sea 1, photo etching, 1-35 (1).jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089164460-5O7VIYXK781D6UJ8P3U2/3.+Alex+Kingston%2C+The+Sea+II%2C+1987_2.jpg Home - Catalyst - Alex Kingston, The Sea II, 1987 (Copy) Alex Kingston, The Sea II, 1987 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089181368-Y4YAYUT8HN45BP0TN1PY/4.+Boxing.jpg Home - Catalyst - Boxing (Copy) Boxing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089201487-UIDA37HIKX0ZTQ3KOKQE/5.+Cecil+Drawing%2C+Motion+IV.jpg Home - Catalyst - Cecil Drawing, Motion IV (Copy) Cecil Drawing, Motion IV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089215829-WNGXRFOI8DTRSS1I69VE/6.+Drawing+in+Cecil+Collins+class%2C+1986.jpg Home - Catalyst - Drawing in Cecil Collins class, 1986 (Copy) Drawing in Cecil Collins class, 1986 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089236455-G8YUX0PDRITI2OSPMUYF/7.+Nude%2C+%2789.jpg Home - Catalyst - Nude, '89 (Copy) Nude, '89 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089265412-QPU3RU4BPV80OVYH574M/8.+Cecil+Drawing%2C+Contemplation+I%2C+%2788.jpg Home - Catalyst - Cecil Drawing, Contemplation I, (Copy) Cecil Drawing, Contemplation I, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089291950-VP2PADPT4OUJFF4IQGTO/In+Celebration+of+Cecil+Collins%2C++M.A.+drawing.jpg Home - Catalyst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520089320446-4C77KPI1PUHWUBWJ6D32/In+Celebration+of+Cecil+Collins%2C+M.A.+insert.jpg Home - Catalyst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520092874468-EUHQWLSRW7O1LQDPIVV7/In+Celebration+of+Cecil+Collins.jpg Home - Catalyst http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/colour-curve-t2449 monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085609252-V3HOUS7X9T77S5K5SG7Y/Riches%2C+1999%2C+mixed+media+on+wood%2C+86+x+71+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Riches, 1999 (Copy) Riches, 1999 Mixed media on wood, 86 x 71 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1494008608647-QA206EMAFQHR5RCC1TG6/Frisson%2C+1997%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+50+x+33+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Frisson, 1997 (Copy) Frisson, 1997 Acrylic on paper, 50 x 33 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085553494-JE0W01E2TWWSJAZ19V5R/Entities+in+Procession%2C+1998-00%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+76+x+121+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Entities in Procession, 1998-00 (Copy) Entities in Procession, 1998-00 Acrylic on wood, 76 x 121 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531476083721-C77DPJ7X3TA2KTEV1A6N/Forever%2C+1997%2C+mixed+media+on+paper%2C+50+x+33+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Forever, 1997 (Copy) Forever, 1997 Mixed media on paper, 50 x 33 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085462997-WIHCG7ESWUTHI1LW3UU7/Inside+Out%2C+1997%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+50+x+33+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Inside Out, 1997 (Copy) Inside Out, 1997 Acrylic on paper, 50 x 33 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085585406-1S35KHN4D4EHIPWV3WJS/Landscape+with+Ancestral+Prescences%2C+1998-00%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+76+x+121+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Landscape with Ancestral Prescences, 1998-00 (Copy) Landscape with Ancestral Prescences, 1998-00 Acrylic on wood, 76 x 121 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085818848-4H0S7QDKDPDOGD7RNRLD/Saturday+Night+%3A+Sunday+Morning%2C+1997%2C+mixed+media+on+wood%2C+60+x+45+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, 1997 (Copy) Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, 1997 Mixed media on wood, 60 x 45 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520085835115-783PE3NUU8943ZHEMX0Q/Reunion%2C+1998%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+30+x+30+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Reunion, 1998 (Copy) Reunion, 1998 Acrylic on wood, 30 x 30 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531475878212-M31I47BN8PYHCC26CGW5/Striding+Spirit%2C+1997%2C+mixed+media+on+paper%2C+71+x+66+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Striding Spirit, 1997 (Copy) Striding Spirit, 1997 Mixed media on paper, 71 x 66 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531475902502-6Z8MH3CQ3WD91AYMP571/Mistress+and+Maids%2C+1999%2C+oil+and+sand+on+wood%2C+123+x+75.5+cms+.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Mistress and Maids, 1999 (Copy) Mistress and Maids, 1999 Oil and sand on wood, 123 x 75.5 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531476885414-QNP9S4DA9YAW1QTFYFWM/Eclipse%2C+1997%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+50+x+33+cms.jpg Home - Colour & Curve - Eclipse, 1997 (Copy) Eclipse, 1997 Acrylic on paper, 50 x 33 cms http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/water-w6np5 monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1494003484909-KFAZ39IG5ZPYELBF9DFF/Eulogy%2C+2007%2C+mixed+media+on+wood%2C+23+x+23+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Eulogy, 2007 (Copy) Eulogy, 2007 Mixed Media on Wood, 23 x 23 cms Eulogy was created in the immediately after the loss of Dyllan in one session, over a background I had previously made. On reflection, I could see three central figures – drawn in a dark line that looked like a man, a woman, and a child. I took those to be my husband, Paul, my son Jasper (who was five at the time) and myself. A few weeks later a friend pointed out the image of a baby’s smiling face in the upper left of the painting (see Eulogy, detail). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1494008272589-MKJ36T6E0Y2KU8ZMCNX1/Eulogy%2C+Detail.jpg Home - Loss - Eulogy (detail) (Copy) Eulogy (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1494007713591-QJ0XBR17JG8N6A6OHPRN/The+Passage.jpg Home - Loss - The Passage, 2007 (Copy) The Passage, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 21.5 x 30cms This painting was very mysterious to me. I put the deep carmine onto the right central figure very intuitively and afterwards realised that by doing that it revealed a baby form. I then grabbed some white paint on my finger instinctively and made a mark to the right that turned out to be a dove in flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1494007248125-30MPEUO1B45CTE3DOLOV/Me%2C+Myself%2C+I%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+31+x+31+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Me, Myself, I, 2007 (Copy) Me, Myself, I, 2007 Me, Myself, I, 2007, Acrylic on Wood, 31 x 31 cms This painting emerged towards the end of this process. I instinctively mixed brown and black and felt directed to made this central figure, leaving the spaces. It appeared to me that there were three forms of different elements and that their combination was a positive indication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520087865375-SZQ8GUW3QHSG6O48Z1HV/Through+a+Glass+Darkly%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+30.5+x+30.5+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Through a Glass Darkly, 2007 (Copy) Through a Glass Darkly, 2007 Through a Glass Darkly, 2007, Acrylic on Wood, 30.5 x 30.5 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520087959116-SQVLMB05A3OTM3FW3ABN/Conception%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+15+x+11+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Conception, 2007 (Copy) Conception, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 15 x 11 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531475622964-H8YI19CGZ0HJ5XI02LZO/Outpouring%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+30+x+21.5+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Outpouring, 2007 (Copy) Outpouring, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 30 x 21.5 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531473762307-UU82XWVNN74YRVJXR7NE/Healing+Nature%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+21.5+x+30+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Healing Nature, 2007 (Copy) Healing Nature, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 21.5 x 30 cms I am intrigued by the profile of a man at the top just right of centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531473734044-D410NHFMBHT5S61XDXSQ/Spirit%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+10+x+10+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Spirit, 2007 (Copy) Spirit, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 10 x 10 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1531473717266-NBJNPPWMTWZQW1V7SZO8/Mother+Love%2C+2007%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+15+x+11+cms.jpg Home - Loss - Mother Love, 2007 (Copy) Mother Love, 2007 Acrylic on wood, 15 x 11 cms http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/the-finance-pulse-ym8gf monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/d3ea1ce7-0050-44dd-a8e1-142385d33135/IMG_7470.jpg Home - Manifestations In an Unseen World, 2025, acrylic on wood, 106.5 x 76.25 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/41bcd0b2-25bf-41b5-a6e3-1235a260028d/Cycle+piece.jpeg Home - Manifestations Cycle of Life: Fiesta, 2025, acrylic on wood, 60 cms Diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/2331f5b7-04e1-492f-b479-2ac2d0868701/IMG_0919.jpeg Home - Manifestations Ritual Dance, 2024, acrylic on wood, 60 x 60 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/4cb0a818-7f97-4e7e-9503-18c3eead8605/IMG_8834.jpeg Home - Manifestations Union, 2024, acrylic on wood, 90 cms diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1489404447370-YE9GV6BOYIWQCM9ZDF1E/Rhythm+of+Life%2C+2012%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+44.2+x+40.7+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - Rhythm of Life, 2012 (Copy) Rhythm of Life, 2012 acrylic on wood, 44.2 x 40.7 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1545673624988-8XDIUF0YV62287B6ZLND/fullsizeoutput_d79.jpeg Home - Manifestations - The Gathering (Copy) The Gathering acrylic on wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1489404545784-VLK0CM2T7PALBT5SEQLI/Genesis%2C+2011%2C+acrylic+on+wood%2C+35.5+x+25.5+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - Genesis, 2011 (Copy) Genesis, 2011 Acrylic on Wood, 35.5 x 25.5 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1493915162121-6CRKWRH58TKC21IWFWUH/Prayer%2C+2010%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+21.5+x+18+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - Prayer, 2010 (Copy) Prayer, 2010 acrylic on paper, 21.5 x 18 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520086668380-FB4PGIYGBHFA3XRKJ5HS/The+Release%2C+2011%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+29+x+21+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - The Release, 2011 (Copy) The Release, 2011 acrylic on paper, 29 x 21 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520086772595-5RCEFS85T7OOVGXY9MSO/Veiled+Atmosphere%2C+2011%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+32+x+22.5+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - Veiled Atmosphere, 2011s (Copy) Veiled Atmosphere, 2011s acrylic on paper, 32 x 22.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520086895633-FJEVJQRHUF1UTJZAIJ7K/Ocean%27s+Breath%2C+2011%2C+acrylic+on+paper%2C+35.5+x+25.5+cms.jpg Home - Manifestations - Ocean's Breath, 2011 (Copy) Ocean's Breath, 2011 acrylic on paper, 35.5 x 25.5 cms http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/new-gallery-2-tce47 monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520586366420-1SJFC51VT7D14NENR8T5/DSC_0139.JPG Home - Performance & Film - VORTEX (Copy) VORTEX This was performed in October 2017 in the car park beneath Cavendish Square. My aim was to emulate the clinic of Baron Dupotet of Sennevoy who may have brought mesmerism to England and practised in Cavendish Square in the 1840s: Site Specific Performance of MESMERISM (Animal Magnetism) In honour of BARON DUPOTET DE SENNEVOY, I will be giving demonstrations of MESMERISM in CAVENDISH SQUARE car park from Eleven to One o’clock and half-past One to Three o’clock on Saturday and Sunday. If you would like to participate, I will instruct you to sit in the chair, look into my eyes and I will then mesmerise you. At the end of the experience, I will count from ten to one and when I reach one, your eyes will open. We will then discuss your experience. Melissa Alley Tecklenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1537276493456-MT8QI8WV3PNPZO3XLJTJ/DSC_0141.JPG Home - Performance & Film This wording accompanied my performance, Vortex, in October 2017. The text on the left is a copy of the flyer the Baron used to promote his clinic in Cavendish Square in the 1840s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/138db8c0-28c5-46e4-a6d6-1ff21fb8ec28/Mesmerised+and+their+drawings.JPG Home - Performance & Film Mesmerism: Creative Flow for the exhibition, How Soon is Now, 2024. For this performance, I mesmerised people to help them push through any block and make pastel drawings freely, from flow. Each one of these pieces was very intuitively created and rich in detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1521473260449-SMSAU4JB4RN38EPDZW8U/MelissaAlley.JPG Home - Performance & Film - Sleeping Boy of Deptford, 2014 (Copy) Sleeping Boy of Deptford, 2014 For the exhibition, Deptford Stories, I performed mesmerism in honour of The Sleeping Boy of Deptford. On the wall I had the following wording which was an original article from The Public Ledger, April 5th 1844, Newfoundland, Canada: The Sleeping Boy of Deptford “On Friday week, as James Cooke, an errand boy in the employ of Messrs. Smith and Sons, hat manufacturers, Deptford-bridge, was sitting with his young master in the warehouse the latter (who has recently attended several lectures on mesmerism,) said, “Jem, I’ll mesmerize you; look me in the face.” The boy, not fearing anything, complied, and his master having made the requisite passes for about three minutes, because alarmed at seeing his head drop and his eyes close. He was now in a state of mesmeric coma, and Smith being greatly alarmed sent for Mr Taylor, a gentlemen who has been lecturing on mesmerism at the Greenwich Literary Institution. That gentleman immediately attended, and after trying his utmost skill for some hours succeeded in opening the lad’s eyes. He was visited by numerous medical men; amongst the number were Mr. Downing, the police surgeon; Mr. Hope, of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital ship; the Messrs. Hope of Deptford. A report was spread through Greenwich and Deptford that he had expired, and in consequence, Mr. Inspector Douglas, of the R division of police, with several constables proceeded to the house of Messrs. Smith, where the boy was lying in the drawing-room; but finding that he was still alive they returned, and kept a strict watch upon the case. It is remarkable that during the influence of the coma, the boy appeared gifted with the faculty generally denominated clairvoyance. With his eyes fast closed, he was able to speak and he James Cooke) recognised persons and objects with as much facility as if they were optically visible to him. He named persons before they entered the room and pretty accurately described places that he never saw. Although he never had visited the Painted-hall at Greenwich, nor the exhibition of Madam Tussaud, in Baker-street, during the time he was mesmerized he actually described the interior of both these exhibitions; and the accuracy of his detail of them was truly surprising. He has expressed a strong desire to be mesmerised again and Mr. Smith, acting upon the advice of Dr. Elliotson will permit the lad’s wishes in this respect to be gratified. The lad is intelligent in his appearance; he is 13 years of age.’ In honour of this extraordinary case of mesmerism, I invite you to experience its effects. So sit down, take a deep breath and close your eyes. Melissa Alley Tecklenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/121acf28-3e6d-4c1a-a04a-830eb23aee75/Sessions-film+still+website.jpg Home - Performance & Film Sessions: The Park Keeper’s Room is an extract from a hypnotherapy session where the subject is in hypnosis and relives a suppressed teenage memory. 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This was a collaboration with Paul Tecklenberg for 2017 Venice Biennale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/4bb00785-84a1-4503-9ba1-1ca6fa3de1a5/Image+18-07-2025+at+12.08.jpg Home - Performance & Film Film of Melissa in her studio discussing her process and creating an auragraph drawing based on a guest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1563885813646-GMUOTPJLS1OSIGZLS1R4/PHOTO-2019-07-21-19-33-33.jpg Home - Performance & Film - Drawing Out (Copy) Drawing Out This performance was part of Coming Good: Come Hell or High Water, June 2019 https://www.waterloofestival.com/coming-good https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/e693d3e8-f8a2-49d5-95f6-279051be8927/Screenshot+2025-07-18+at+14.09.00.png Home - Performance & Film A little film I made introducing my work to some collegues, 2021 http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/auragraphdrawings-y555j monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1542062208328-5LV98WG2M35VO8ZE04VU/SM-Crissij-2.jpg Home - 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Cartes Des Visites Series Vanderbilt Costume Ball, Annie Lawley, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750773166446-FEEEGYL3NJ8CYVJM6SK5/IMG_5266.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series Vanderbilt Costume Ball, Constance Rives (detail), 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630922626026-W8XB372X9NN2K0A9S3G8/Woman+with+Checked+Skirt+from+above+RA+3.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Checked Skirt, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Checked Skirt, 2020-21 Acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630922647950-HCXHDLE4G97AUA0MDGAU/Woman+with+Checked+Skirt+from+right+RA.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Checked Skirt, 2020-21, acrylic on wood and photographic film (Copy) Young Woman with Checked Skirt, 2020-21, acrylic on wood and photographic film https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630922827221-KVQ0I6FUFMYO30SFMNFY/Man+with+Faraway+Eyes+from+right+RA1.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Man with Faraway Eyes, 2020-21 (Copy) Man with Faraway Eyes, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630923168180-HYBOOTSHAL16P2J8BRHY/Older+Woman+with+Ringlets.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Older Woman with Ringlets, 2020-21 (Copy) Older Woman with Ringlets, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630923960136-QOVJWCGC3A4QKX3K6YZE/Toddler+Boy+with+Big+Hat.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Toddler in Big Hat, 2020-21 (Copy) Toddler in Big Hat, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630924319361-VJOT5OSO4AR7WOCPER1E/Young+Woman+with+Brooch+at+Neck.JPG Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Brooch at Neck, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Brooch at Neck, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630924579212-UBXYHBE7RJZDKY3E35LK/Young+Woman+with+Flowers+at+Neck+copy.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Flowers, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Flowers, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630924844090-PL1BXKSJI1ICKT6OMTOM/Young+Woman+with+Book+from+left+copy.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Book, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Book, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630924881265-EYAL8AZE3GAWDV802YCG/Young+Woman+with+Bow+at+Neck+copy.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Bow at Neck, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Bow at Neck, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1630924992504-AB78YRH8E343VOM9EQMQ/Young+Woman+with+Ringlets+from+right+copy.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series - Young Woman with Ringlets, 2020-21 (Copy) Young Woman with Ringlets, 2020-21 acrylic on wood and photographic film, 24.3 x 14.8 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750773182372-LV63RUUNLPNXWHO1Q0L3/IMG_5259.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series Vanderbilt Costume Ball, Emma Leavitt, 2024, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750773191922-75Z7HX3GEJF62IPEIXU2/IMG_5268.jpeg Home - Cartes Des Visites Series Vanderbilt Costume Ball, Alva Vanderbilt, 2024 http://www.melissaalley.com/new-index/autotranceportraits-hsan3 monthly 0.5 2025-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1751495808596-0YX2WEROKQ4X5VTSDCP7/Young+Girl+with+Ringlets.jpeg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of Young Girl with Ringlets, 2024 (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of Young Girl with Ringlets, 2024 Acrylic on wood, carte de visite and ink on glass, 36.5 × 45 cms The text over the carte de visite on the right is the reading of the painting on the left.</p https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1750773335392-JF55VS58O6WPCD7CCUGC/694f06c4-391e-47e4-8047-f845b6637a76.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of a Baby Boy from Hastings (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of a Baby Boy from Hastings Acrylic on wood, carte de visite and ink on glass, 36.5 × 45 cms The text over the carte de visite on the right is the reading the painting on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520081492159-7U41TZYB2MBKFA8Z8RLN/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Girl+with+Ringlets+copy.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of a Young Girl with Ringlets (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of a Young Girl with Ringlets This photograph was taken in the Clapham Road, London (according to an inscription on the mount). From the animals that can be seen in the painting, I get the impression that she moved to Africa. There are grapes in the bottom left which give the indication that she either loved her wine or was involved in wine making. 2015-2017, Gouache on card, ink on glass, photograph, 36.7 x 50.1 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520080104048-ZVLUJTANWV3REFVHJ6W0/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Aunt+Kitty+framed.JPG Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of Aunt Kitty (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of Aunt Kitty Her name was on the reverse of her photograph. The painting has quite a hemmed in feeling. Mostly it is outlined and I get the sense that she was quite restricted. Maybe she was a maiden aunt who was obliged to care for her parents. The face in the top left of the painting appears chaotic but creative. I think she found it hard to take time to fulfil herself. The centre shows a place to escape to - a place with water and birds. In the collection of The College of Psychic Studies 2015-2017, Gouache on card, ink on glass, photograph, 41.8 x 62.2 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520084734688-BZS66V2UNLWKMCKCORB5/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Lady+by+the+Sea+framed+copy.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of a Lady by the Sea (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of a Lady by the Sea This was a loving and warm woman. She and her children are shown on the left. There are a lot of birds. I think she may have kept cockatiels and/or budgies. The profile on the bottom right indicates a very loving and grounded nature. It looks to be a very happy life. 2015-2017, Gouache on card, ink on glass, photograph, 37.6 x 57 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520084800215-2VYFVQ5P4IH6S1NV3FHP/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Mrs+Martha+Higgins+framed.JPG Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of Mrs Martha Higgins (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of Mrs Martha Higgins The title of this work relates to some writing on the back of the photograph. She sits very proudly in front of her doorway. Interestingly, in the painting there are a number of horses. there is a figure on horseback right in the centre. At the base of the horse's head is a human head bent back in an ecstatic state. My impression is that she was quite a figure within her community. A lot of people flow around her. To the right of the central horse is a sheep's head. The ecstatic face looks in deep spiritual rapture. I think she had very healing and loving hands. To the left of that head is a figure seated and someone behind (wearing a hat) appears to be doing something to them. I suspect that was Martha herself giving healing. 2015-2017, Gouache on card, ink on glass, photograph, 34.4 x 38.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1520079964636-XBFEEZ6M0HR9ZOOIEKGG/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Lady+in+Pearls+framed+copy+copy.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of a Lady in Pearls (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of a Lady in Pearls I love the narrative in the bottom right corner of her, as a child, communing with a deer. I get the feeling that she was quite a free spirit but also very expressive. There were many layers to her. If you look at the middle top of the picture you can see several faces and I think these were all her. There are grapes in the bottom left of the picture. This can indicate a love of drinking wine. There is an older woman's face on the top left, which is more feint and that appears to be of an older, very caring woman. 2015-2017, Gouache on card, ink on glass, photograph, 42.5 x 62.2 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1751211071509-NHBREZ6X50OP8WMLGHFX/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+The+Woman+with+a+Butterly+Brooch+at++Her+Neck.JPG Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of Woman with Butterly Brooch at her Neck (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of Woman with Butterly Brooch at her Neck Acrylic on wood, This painting was interesting to make as I was caught up making marks with blue paint in the middle of the painting and intuitively painted the black in two dashes and it made a pair of fish! I also enjoy the cats who seem to be rubbing themselves against the central figure. I also like the money notes floating down, again totally unpreconceived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/60ae6473-69ca-4cf0-9317-d7d5948a5bd6/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+a+Relationship+%28mother+and+daughter%29.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits Dialogue Auto Trance Portrait: Conversation Between a Mother and Her Teenage Daughter, 2022, acrylic on wood, 45 x 30 x 7 cms The left hand side was made whilst listening to the mother, the right hand side, the daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1751817474665-9GGTNR9Z1J7EKUIW1CU2/image-asset.jpeg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of a Relationship (sadly just before it ended) (Copy) Dialogue Auto Trance Portrait: A Marriage (sadly just before it ended) I made this diptych whilst listening to a couple chatting in their kitchen in Australia. When the husband spoke, I painted on the lower painting and when the wife spoke, the piece above. I made a little painting of a QR code that had a link to the conversation on soundcloud (no longer available) to accompany the piece. 2022, acrylic on wood, 180 x 70cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/3ff9f828-76ee-44fd-9273-6ca2cae04fa5/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+a+Relationship+%28married+couple%29.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits Dialogue Auto Trance Portrait: Conversation Between a Couple in Victoria, Australia, 2022, acrylic on wood, 45 x 30 x 6 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1e13ea05-958e-47da-a9bf-7663a6b83e99/IMG_3739.JPG Home - Auto Trance Portraits Dialogue Auto Trance Portrait: A Married Couple from their Signatures on the 1891 & 1901 Census for Safehouse 1, 2025. Acrylic on wood, 55 x 46 x 12 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1751970781488-Z1UEU4P8STLQLBMHP804/image-asset.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Young Woman Holding on to a Chair (Copy) Young Woman Holding on to a Chair 2018, acrylic on paper, photographic film on glass, 81 x 59.4 cms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1522260811880-WXTWJITTXE2284ZS4TW7/Auto+Trance+Portrait+of+Man+with+Far+Away+Eyes.jpg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Auto Trance Portrait of Man with Faraway Eyes (Copy) Auto Trance Portrait of Man with Faraway Eyes This was made whilst tuning in to a man wearing a suit and a watch on a chain. There are many characters that inhabit it, the most obvious being the Mahican Indian and an oriental-looking person. There are many birds and creatures as well as a buck with horns which can be seen on the bottom right. There is an other worldly atmosphere to this painting. 2018, Acrylic on paper 84.1 x 59.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5813bc7f414fb5fce88c858d/1751976343979-OO1Z2MAAO43L84SH4PV1/image-asset.jpeg Home - Auto Trance Portraits - Young Man with Sad Eyes (Copy) Young Man with Sad Eyes Auto Trance Portrait of Young Man with Sad Eyes This painting was made whilst tuning in to a Victorian carte de visit of a young man who has exceptionally sad eyes who looks effeminate. The painting has many sea references, such as the seal that can be seen in the lower right next to the whale whose breathing hole is spouting water. In the bottom left his face in profile can be detected by the eyes, nose, mouth and chin. There seem to be splashes and a big blue question mark surrounds a purple shape that includes two heads at the top of the painting. It appears that someone was pushed or fell or jumped off a cliff edge in to the sea. Intriguing! 2018, acrylic on paper, 81 x 59.4 cms