Sag Harbor Express Writes About Melinda

{Patti Archibald with Joe Flicek at Melinda Camber Porter's Memorial}

Melinda Camber Porter lived in New York and Sag Harbor with her husband, Joe and their two sons, Robert and James.

“She was very much into her boys,” said Patti Archibald, a family friend and Sag Harbor neighbor for 18 years. Porter‘s deeply tied roots to Sag Harbor, a town she made her home, produced one of her largest painting series depicting the seascapes of Barcelona.

“The Barcelona Point Series” is composed of oil-on-canvas paintings and depicts a seascape of high dunes at the popular nature preserve just outside of Sag Harbor.

The short film, “Luminous Journey,” shows how Porter was inspired to create the series because of the area and shows how the artist’s connection to nature began to dominate her exploration of light and shadow. This in turn produced large, vibrant oils infused with natural light, making the paintings in the series really come alive. “She loved Barcelona,” said Archibald. “She was very much into and inspired by nature."

Barcelona became a part of Porter’s daily life, both physically and emotionally, often going to the area to walk around and be at peace. Porter enjoyed the area so much, husband Joe Flicek said throughout her life here in Sag Harbor, she became known as “that woman who walks on the beach.

[Text from the Sag Harbor Express April 16, 2010 article: Prolific Local Artist to be Honored at Lincoln Center]

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