Monday, 21 April 2008 21:06 Host: lhr63.pie.net.pk

Figurative work is really admirable, use of color is very bold and attractive, which impressed me.....

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:35 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Hello Melanie, It is always a blessing to have gifts you can share even more so when you know when and how to use them. If you did not know you must know now your work is TRULY INSPIRATIONAL.

Thank you for sharing,
Ryan E. Strickland

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:34 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

I enjoy your work. I'm a twice breast cancer survivor and find your work of and about women very emotional and powerful.

Continued Success

Bonnie Lee Tucker

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:33 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Melanie, I saw in your work that you were painting, largely symbolically, the deeper elements of the human experience. As you noticed, that excited me. Keep it up! It's a winning game plan for an artist who want to always be motivated.

About 1990 I began selling my work, and in 1998 I was asked to go to Haiti on a medical mission with some Md's from a hospital. Holding ill and dying children at Mother Teresa's facilities for the dying had a profound effect on me. I didn't want to paint. I wanted to take care of the children.

After returning home I began to paint those children, and it turned into a humanitarian art outreach that gives me much of my sense of purpose. Combining my art with compassion gave me sense of focus that probably will continue until the end of my life. I encourage anyone to do the same.

Have fun! Gary Holland
[www.hollandgallery.com]
gary@hallandgallery.com

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:32 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

You have one splendid work of art Melanie! I know that we are related in a way... Would love to add some color in our corporate offices...

Henry
(CEO, Compumatrix and Networks Interactive, Inc.)

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:31 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

I thought I would check in to say hello. I am still waiting for Oprah! AM Arizona is a good first step. Way to go my dear. I love and miss you bunches. Call or email soon.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:31 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Melanie,
Your works are very expressive, and witty! I enjoy your works very much. Stay in touch.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:31 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

MEL!!! So great to see you and the kiddos on the AM Arizona interview! You look and sound MAAAVELOUS!! The paintings are amazing. So glad to see you thriving. Love, Barb

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:30 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Hi, It's Greg's daughter, Angela - I just stopped by to see your work and...well...WOW! When dad said your work was awesome, he meant AWESOME! It is so great. What a gift from God! I think my favorite one is pondering, but they are all so unique and wonderful! I'm glad to know you and hope to get to know you better soon!

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:27 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Bryce Yerman here. Thanks for sending us your card. We had not, until now, seen your art. It reminds me of some of the wonderful Mexican art my wife and I have an eye for. I hope your plans go well.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:26 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Hey lady, Glad to have you back in the States! Our wish for you in this coming year is that you are so happy that it makes everyone (besides us) puke! RWB

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:26 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Hey mom, I gave my art teacher your website address and I think you need to put some of your new work.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:24 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

My, My, Melanie! You are the work of art, alive and continuous on this lifelong canvas. What a thrill to be one hue chosen from the pallet of encounters in you life’s journey. I hope you find continuous and expanding utility for this hue from your growing spectrum of relationships … You, Lovely woman, are a precious treasure!

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:24 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Thanks for coming to hear (and dance to) the CheekTones, and for sending me to your website. You have an amazing eye for attitude, as in “The difficult Kind and Latina Baila”, and I love all the colors. What a gift you have…I’ll see you out in the night.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:13 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Melanie , Came across your work at the Van Gogh Gallery during an impromptu trip to Prescott. Always love looking at your work.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:02 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Melanie-What more can I say? Your art speaks to me in a way I can't express. Beauty, tenderness, loss, rising from the ashes. I have never seen art I wanted for my own until now. I'm so glad I met you. You've touched so many lives in your short time here and I hope you will heed the call of Ajijic and come home when the time is right. I'll be here waiting with open arms. ...

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:01 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Ms. Banayat, Your body of work is inspirational, your Mother & Child painting brings Ludwig's 'Ode to Joy' to my ears.

Carry on,

T. Glenn Hoffman, Esquire

Thursday, 13 March 2008 08:00 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Melanie, You are so TALENTED!! You go girl as an Artist!! You can do it cause you have the "feeling"!! "You got that lovin' feeling wowowo that lovin' feeling"! I am so glad I met you! I am going to watch you rise! Your art has touched y heart and brought back memories of when Danae was a little girl. Thank you for that feeling. I'm going to do home and hold her and kiss her and watch her sleep.

Thursday, 13 March 2008 07:58 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Your colors are wonderful, you paintings filled with tranquility. I love and want the 'Patches'!

Thursday, 13 March 2008 07:57 Host: ACA8C757.ipt.aol.com

Women, women, and women! So sensual and tender! Love of life, love of children! Love, love, love. Congratulations! You’re a lovely person! I can feel your heart in your paintings. Thank you.