MELISSA GABSO
Custom Portraiture and Illustration by Commission
Gobi and Nimbus
My two favorite ding dongs!
Colored pencil on pastelmat
Great Blue Heron
A common summer sight along the Clam River in the Berkshires and the reason I like to refer to that river as the Heron Highway.
Colored pencil and pastel on pastelmat
Bobcat
One of the most elusive and beautiful species in the Northeast.
Colored pencil and pastel on pastelmat
Charger
A Dodge Charger HEMI near Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming
Colored pencil on paper
A Girl and Her Blanket
A little cutie and her blanket!
Colored pencil on paper
Vaguely Mischievous Bear
A black bear peeks beyond the red oak it has climbed. Hello!
Pastel on paper
Simon the Cat
He got into the tinsel!
Colored pencil on paper
Surreal Storm
A stormy summer evening over the northeast mountains.
Pastel on pastelmat
Zuzu the Dog
A beloved family member
Colored pencil on paper
Berkshire Winter
An imagined winter scene in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Oil on canvas
Bono the Cat
A handsome gent
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
Vaguely Menacing Stag
It sees us!
Pastel on paper
Galactic Arm
An imagined otherworldly scene
Colored pencil on paper
Plumerias
One of the most delightfully fragrant flowers on Earth
Colored pencil on paper
A Girl and Her Giraffe
A little one with a special plushie friend!
Colored pencil on paper
Berkshire Autumn
A woodland path winds through fallen leaves in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Oil on canvas
Desert Aurora
An imagined alien nightscape
Colored pencil on paper
Berkshire Spring
A gravel road curves toward a rising spring sun in Berkshire County, MA
Oil on canvas
Berkshire Summer
A forest stream burbles through Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Elaena
A childhood portrait
Colored pencil on paper
Icarus the Cat
He was a bully to other cats (and foxes) but boy was he sweet to people!
Colored pencil on paper
Lake Champlain
The Milky Way over the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain, Vermont
Colored pencil on paper