Art imitates life for West Indian painter who calls Tasmania home | Faces of Tassie | ABC Australia 

There are not many Tasmanians like Melanie McCollin-Walker. The talented landscape painter traded the beautiful tropical beaches of Barbados for the wilderness of Tasmania. Australia is the furthest country on earth from the Caribbean, and Perth is the only city further from her birthplace than Hobart. Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: bit.ly/Subscribe_ABCAustralia
After meeting her husband in London, Melanie followed him home to the island state, which has become her muse. Her goal is to use art to transport people to somewhere else, and give them an opportunity to see the world in a different way.
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