Hi, Iā€™m Mel.

If art created in the spirit of the West sounds like your jam, you are in the right place!

I am a mixed-media artist living in Durango, Colorado. I create western inspired landscapes & illustrations in my high desert home, nestled next to the rugged San Juan Mountains.

Artist, Mel K. Olrich, wearing a large beige cowboy hat, a brown suede jacket, and a denim shirt, looking to her left against a dark, blurred background.

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Framed artwork featuring a red plant silhouette on a purple background with small red dots in the top right and bottom left corners. Shadows cast on the pink surface.
A sign with a mountain, a winding trail, a cowboy on horseback, an orange sky, and a white sun, placed among green bushes.
A framed watercolor landscape painting next to a potted cactus plant against a pink wall.

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Custom Bandita//Fastest Gun on film from earlier this year ā¤ļø‍šŸ”„ #westernstyle #westernwallart #westernillustration #durangoart #durangoartist #coloradoartist #coloradoartists #southwestart #westernart #shopsmallbusinesses #coloradosmallbusiness
It’s been the summer of color šŸ©·šŸ’š I’ve been using left over paint from other projects to do this little studies of flowers and other organic shapes. Which color combo is your fave?? #coloradoartist #durangoartist #durangoart #colorado