meli
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | mother craft nurse/artist/arts therapist |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Introduction | Melissa Underwood is an artist, teacher, arts therapist and step-mum who loves painting cute little whimsy people and critters and drawing naughty nudes. She also loves oriental lilies and gardenias and all things shiny and sparkly. She is a passionate advocate for child art therapy, children's rights, nature play and human spirituality. She haunts $2 shops and op shops for toys, figurines and symbols to add to her overflowing collection for use in sand play. She also loves potato chips, her huge extended family and growing fragrant flowers and all herbs . She works part time at home helping her partner run his martial arts business, part time in their student accommodation business, part time in childcare and paints and studies the rest. Her mother and partner both think she is slightly strange... |
| Interests | dance, art, painting, drawing, history, writing, reading, cooking, travel, my partner, generally living life! |
| Favorite movies | Harry Potter series, Machete, Zombieland, Burlesque, Miss Potter, Avatar, Underworld series, Im a bit of a vampire movie lover - long live Lestat! |
| Favorite music | Jazz! R&B! All music except heavy metal really and even then ACDC can tempt me - depends on my mood. I love to listen to music whilst I paint! |
| Favorite books | The diaries of Adrian Mole, Harry Potter, Isabelle Allende, The Godfather to name a few. I'm a prolific speed reader and have wide tastes in my reading material. |