{"id":3,"date":"2026-04-19T20:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:41:04","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/?page_id=3","title":{"rendered":"About Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melanie Tappert was born and raised in Alaska. She attended University of Alaska Fairbanks where she graduated with a Bachelors in Metalsmithing and a Bachelors in Chemistry. After years of being primarily a self-taught artist\/painter she joined the online Evolve art program to further enhance her technical oil painting ability. In 2023 she opened the Mat-Su Art Academy where she taught oil painting before closing up shop and making a move to Oklahoma.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently she resides in Oklahoma as an oil painting instructor, artist and member of the Bartlesville Art Association. She is currently building a body of work that explores classic techniques, fantasy themes incorporated into the everyday, and a series centered on the nostalgia of Alaska life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*forthcoming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">tappert.melanies@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio Melanie Tappert was born and raised in Alaska. She attended University of Alaska Fairbanks where she graduated with a Bachelors in Metalsmithing and a Bachelors in Chemistry. After years of being primarily a self-taught artist\/painter she joined the online Evolve art program to further enhance her technical oil painting ability. In 2023 she opened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanietappert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}