“Patterns”, in Gallery B, is based on Melissa’s visits to Otsego County, New York, and include both small, straight-forward, plein air paintings that reflect her interest in light and weather as well as larger, studio paintings that use mixed media materials to expand the boundaries of the central paintings. These materials include writings by Cooperstown natives, James Fenimore Cooper and Susan Fenimore Cooper, who wrote extensively about the New York wilderness and the connection between spirituality and nature.