Summer 2011

Mackinac Island Paintings

Art Show Reception & exhibit at

The Drezner Gallery of The Real

and Marvelous Mother America

Melissa's The Real and the Marvelous Mother America series has been attracting attention in the press, upcoming shows, and in her interactive exhibit.

Croghan was a featured artist several times recently in The Hartford Courant, with a write-up and photo of her oil painting "Walking Wounded" in CT NOW, and an article on The Real & Marvelous Mother America art show reception at the Drezner Gallery in ITOWNS, along with an earlier publication online and in print, of "Childhood." -

SIMSBURY PATCH Article and pictures of  the art show

See also the lively article at AVON PATCH that highlights some of Melissa's "Real & Marvelous" artwork.

Croghan's oil painting "Bridge of Colors, Essex" has become part of The Connecticut Collection at The The Hartford UCONN Hospital, a permanent collection of art, including work by Sol le Wit and Alexander Calder.

Croghan's painting and poem of the same title, BLUE TREE, was published in the fall/winter issue of the journal Verse Wisconsin.