Axelhoney

Melissa Contreras is an illustrator based out of Santa Monica. A Central California native, she moved to L.A. to attend UCLA and received a BA in Fine Art. As well as showing her work in galleries and boutiques internationally, she has just finished illustrating her first children’s books. Melissa loves to draw from dreams and imagination, working mostly with gouache and acrylics, sometimes applying them to sculpted forms and other media. Her latest pursuit is a jewelry line based off of her illustrations.