artist melanie Melanie Douthit, artist from West Monroe, Louisiana, started painting as a teenager and fell in love with the process. Working in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolor, ink and oil, her work reflects things she loves: nature, architecture and Louisiana. She recently added live wedding paintings to her adventures. Melanie's work has been displayed locally and in regional shows and art competitions which include the Downtown Monroe Gallery Crawls (six times a year), Baton Rouge Gallery, Rougarou Gallery and the Great Artist’s Collective in New Orleans, Natchitoches Art Guild, Old Post Office Museum, Winnsboro, LA, El Dorado Art Center, Ruston Peach Festival, Arkansas's Oil and Brine Museum, Shreveport's Barnwell Garden and Art Center, the Tunica Riverpark in Mississippi, and Mitchell Museum in Tyler, Texas. Her "Mardi Gras Dachshund" painting has been collected by Mimi's Cafe Restaurant in over 30 locations nationwide, and has been one of her most popular paintings. Her works are included in private collections across the United States and in Canada, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, France and Greece. Melanie is currently a non-traditional student at Louisiana Tech School of Design pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Art degree and loving it.