Biography

Mélanie-Rose Cantin
Artist

A soft appeal from her emanates
To those who are orphans in her midst.
She marvels that their sleeping souls,
Before awakening, of dreams are full

Marc Fournier

This is an excellent way to describe a woman whose works tend to allow the audience who experiences them to appreciate the essence of life and Nature, in all their power and generosity. As you may have surmised, Melanie Rose has a poet's soul, a mother's heart and an adventurous spirit. It is the latter that has enabled her to experience different countries, cultures and families throughout the world, which she seeks to represent in her art with warm and harmonious blends of color and sound. It is after the pleasure of viewing her artwork that a soft wind of musical moods helps to create an artistic unity among the story, the images and the sounds. She makes the point that although we often neglect our inner child, it never dies but always remains a part of whom we are. All this and more can be found in the work of this artist, a product offered to the audience with joy and tenderness.

Mélanie-Rose Cantin graduated from the University of Toronto, in Canada, with a BA in International Development Studies. She trained with Dr. Montanaro at the Centro de educazione Montessori di Roma in 1995 and is an experienced Montessori Assistant to Infancy (AMI). She also trained at the Masters’ level in Psychopedagogy, accumulating 15 credits so far. From 2001 to 2003, she was the Children's Library Coordinator at the Literary and Historical Society of Québec, developing children's programs and camps. Mélanie-Rose is a multidisciplinary artist. She is inspired in her writings, songs, and paintings, by nature and her travels. Multilingual, humanist and free-spirited, she has lived in Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Italy, the Cayman Islands, and Spain.

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