Encouraged to exhibit her work, she gradually transitioned from design to a full-time artistic career. Today, her work is part of private collections in South Africa and abroad. Rooted in curiosity and process, she explores various media, promoting meaningful engagement with the world through her paintings and workshops that invite viewers to reconnect with the quiet presence in everyday life. to close her architectural practice and devoted herself fully to life as a working artist.

Today her work is held in private collections throughout South Africa and internationally. A process-led artist at heart, she works across a range of media, allowing each body of work to determine its own visual language. Whether working in paint, sculpture, photography or mixed media, her practice remains rooted in curiosity, listening and the belief that meaningful images emerge through attention rather than control.

Through her paintings, workshops and retreats, Melanie continues to explore art as a way of encountering both the world and ourselves more deeply—creating works that invite viewers to pause, breathe and reconnect with the quiet presence often hidden within everyday life.