Melanie's work hearkens to a time; when painting was all about raw skill and not related to the abstract after-war period. The beauty of a subject is not the deconstruction of the art form but showing the degrees of light and darkens of the pigment, never straying into the more freestyle modernist art that has a hold on mainstream art.

Her artworks are simple and come as you may see it, not making any allusions to academic subterfuge but showing the subject as it is. This is the strength of her works that stems into a neo-classicist vibe that transcends even the allegories of Duchampian urinals. Her art has what art needs, the skill of painting free of gimmicks or excuses.