https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com These are my most recent work as an independent artist in Zürich. Hello and welcome. 119746290 The Young Prospect <p>Doesn&#39;t it feel slightly strange being praised for potential? While a good-willed compliment, one must grow into their wings, as talent without drive is arguably wasted potential. I have depicted a foal, slightly misplaced and disoriented in their surroundings. While painting, I lingered on the topics of finding direction and the courage to fly, both tasks being unforgiving when mistakes are made.</p><p>50 x 60cm, acrylics</p> 970.00 CHF https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com/product/the-young-prospect https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/426184587/stallion1.jpeg 119746290 new out of stock 119745987 Monochrome <p>&quot;Monochrome&quot; explores the pure form of a thinking being.</p><p>What form will intelligence take if the natural human body is no longer the sole structure capable of thought? Whether expanding the limits of our body and mind with bioengineering or having AI take on physical forms - there must be a charm to keeping some unmistakably human features incorporated still, whether in homage, connection or persuasion. Just something from my headspace as AI increasingly embodies itself in the world.</p><p>50x60cm, acrylics<br></p> 1250.00 CHF https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com/product/monochrome https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/426187497/WhatsApp+Image+2026-06-15+at+15.49.02.jpeg 119745987 new out of stock 119703381 Swan Song <p>Capturing shimmering sunlight on calm water was something that had been tempting me for a long time. Having seen two swans on the Zürich lake one morning, I knew I had found my subject - a couple sticking together in both the calm and the storm of water. I admire the glow of the sun through their feathers, I love the devotion and grit swans are capable of.</p><p>70 x 80 cm, Acrylics</p><p>[SOLD]</p> 1840.00 CHF https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com/product/swan-song https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/426037116/WhatsApp+Image+2026-06-12+at+11.12.04.jpeg 119703381 new out of stock 119624832 Dream Catcher <p>Rather than a painting, this piece is more a meditation on receptivity. When the dreams one pursues finally arrive, can they be received with openness, without a desperate grasp? After a moment of great success, is one’s sense of self strong enough to remain intact, rather than deforming into a caricature of the person? I adore depicting hands as they carry the history and character of their owner.</p><p>30 x 40 cm, Acrylics</p> 520.00 CHF https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com/product/dream-catcher https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/425779278/WhatsApp+Image+2026-05-30+at+19.53.18.jpeg 119624832 new in stock 119624799 Oversight <p>This work emerged from a feeling of being simultaneously minute and vast. There is a quiet strangeness in being composed of elements forged in stellar cores, while experiencing a human life - brief and fragile in nature. Within this paradox, there remains a sense of being continuously surrounded by fleeting and ever-changing beauty. After all, everything is a transformation of energy, from galactic events to the bloom of spring flowers.</p><p>40 x 50cm, Acrylics</p> 2360.00 CHF https://melaniestarling.bigcartel.com/product/oversight https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/425779182/WhatsApp+Image+2026-06-07+at+13.28.26.jpeg 119624799 new in stock