Although I spent my professional life as a nurse-midwife providing women’s health care, the need to be creative has always been pervasive throughout my life. Taking art classes and workshops through the years, I have explored many different mediums – clay, print making, oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors and mixed media.
Mel Strawn: Artist and Activist
By Robert Parker Editor’s note: Renowned Salida artist Mel Strawn passed away on May 17, 2020 at the age of 90. We reached out to local artist and climate activist Robert Parker for his thoughts about this talented and beloved man. Mel Strawn was nationally known as an accomplished non-objective artist and printmaker. He was …