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Mel Hayton
INSPIRED BY AMELIA MERRITT’S PAINTING “LOVE LOCKED OUT”
Oil paint, oil stick and acrylic on canvas
INSPIRED BY AMELIA MERRITT’S PAINTING “LOVE LOCKED OUT”
Oil paint, oil stick and acrylic on canvas
Mel Hayton 2025
40 x 50 cm
$490
Original painted in 1890 by Amelia Merritt (1844-1930)
115.6 x 64.1 cm
Merritt grew up in Philadelphia and settled in London in 1870, marrying in 1877 her teacher Henry Merritt who died within three months of her marriage.
Love Locked Out was painted in his memory with Cupid trying to force open the door of the mausoleum.
Merritt used a female model for her depiction of Cupid.
Size: 40 × 50 cm
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About Mel Hayton
In the 2016 NSWAG exhibition, Nude - Art from the Tate Collection 25% of artists were female.
To honour these women artists, Mel selected artworks of women by women from the Tate Collection as inspiration for paintings.
Mel was inspired by Cecily Brown to create a series of semi abstract/expressionist paintings. Brown’s depiction of women challenges traditional themes in Western painting of the passive female nude presented for the male gaze.
Mel approaches her work with raw energy, typified by dramatic random and refined mark making, striking line work and bold colours.
