About artist: Melanie M. Stokes is an artist, a teacher, a wife, a mother, a mother-in-law, a grandmother, and a friend. She and her husband made the move from Georgia four years ago to be near grandchildren during retirement. Living on 29 acres outside of Waco, Texas, she is becoming familiar with the big Texas skies she sees daily. Stokes taught in public schools of Georgia for twenty six years, twenty of those as an Art Teacher. Her art career includes shows and sales in galleries in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas, murals and public art projects in several places, and teaching art workshops along the way. B.A. in Communications - Shorter College, Rome GA M.Ed. in Art Education - Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Since 2019 member – • Outdoor Painters Society • American Impressionist Society • Professional Artists of Central Texas (PACT)