Thanks for visiting. Please browse around and make you self at home. My name is Melissa Carter and I am a watercolor/mixed media artist. Everything from the sale of my art benefits adoption and orphan relief.
I live in Florence,AL along with my husband Duane and 6 children, Ben, Seora, Nathaniel, Graham, Eli and Maggie. We are currently in the process of adopting Andrew and Allan from Uganda, Africa. Ben and Nathaniel are adopted from Bulgaria and Seora and Maggie are adopted from Romania. Eli is adopted from China. Graham is our biological child.
Adoption has become our ministry. We have seen miracles happen in our childrens' lives that are amazing. No longer do they live in a hopeless situation where their path would have ended in severe poverty or death. They have a family and have an abundance of opportunities at their disposal and can become anyone they want to be.
In 2002 Senator Sessions awarded us the Angels in Adoption award for our state and we were humbled that we would have been chosen. It is not us that does this, we have no power of our own but of Christ that works in us.
About my art work:
I have been painting for about 5 1/2 years in watercolors. I love adding mixed media to my paintings to provide texture and have enjoyed recently doing portraits.
I am a member of the Shoals Artist Guild and the Tennessee Valley Art Center in Tuscumbia, AL. I studied art under a wonderful teacher named Ann McCutcheon for 2 years and take art workshops whenever I can. Currently, I am studying under Tim Stevenson.
Before I ever picked up a paint brush, I was an accomplished Sugar Artist(yes there is such a thing) for more than 15 years and owned my own speciality bakery and catering store for 3 years. I have taught cake decorating, candy making, and Stampart classes at our local Hobby Lobby. I have also taught art at a small local christian homeschool group.
I have been accepted into several juried art shows and have won numerous ribbons for my art. I have participated in several art shows such as ARTS ALIVE and THE HELEN KELLER FESTIVAL with great success.
I love art! AND I am passionate about adoption!
I want God to use my talents to help other children find homes and orphans to receive aid, so any thing you purchase will go to support those efforts through various venues.
Welcome again and I hope that you will enjoy my art and learn a little about adoption in the process.
Blessings, Melissa
If you would like to purchase something you can contact me by email at kdcarter@mac.com
I accept paypal if you want to use a credit card or you can pay by personal check written to Melissa Carter.
Look around and find all kinds of things with my art work on them. You can order various products with my art on them at cafepress.com/melissaart.
Duane's photography features his poetry along side of it -- A truely unique gift. Shop around and know that with each of your purchases you have helped a child.
All work is copyrighted and you must have permission of the artist to use in any form or fashion.
Art and Adoption
