Melodrama by Ashley Lazarz

Melodrama 
Ashley Lazarz
Acrylic, ink, oil pastel, pencil on canvas
48"h x 48"w x 2"d
2025

"Melodrama" was born from grief and is an outpouring of emotion rather than a planned composition. The skeletal figure at the bottom represents a lost friend of the artist, its form both fragile and defiant. It stands amid a fractured, chaotic backdrop echoing the emotional disintegration that loss can bring. Among the heaviness a yellow sun peers from the top of the canvas being a powerful symbol of hope and the possibility of healing. "Melodrama" is an exploration of grief’s emotional extremes. It invites viewers to sit with discomfort, to see beauty in vulnerability, and to recognize that even in sorrow, light can break through.

Get to Know the Artist:
Ashley Lazarz is a Texas native and emerging abstract painter with a background in Studio Arts, working primarily in acrylic and mixed media. Whether through layers of paint, found materials, or spontaneous mark-making, she creates work that feels both raw and reflective. Inspired by daily human interactions, nature, and music, Ashley's practice is deeply intuitive. A vegetarian and devoted yogi, she brings mindfulness into her art exploring emotion, memory, and connection through texture, color, and composition.