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By Skylar Mitchell ·Updated December 2, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Melissa Mitchell paints like she’s mid-testimony. In her world, color is not decorative—it is declarative, a language passed down through Bahamian lineage, Miami sun, and a childhood spent gripping crayons like future talismans. The founder of Abeille Creations, Mitchell is a self-taught artist whose work feels less learned than remembered, as if the shapes and lines that recur
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