Acrylic  on Canvas       Payne   Melissa Payne Baker

 
                                Atlanta's Best Artist 2011    -Atlanta Magazine

Voted Atlanta's Best Artist 2011 -Atlanta Magazine

2011 Showings

Contemporary Vision Group Showing at Richland Fine Art, Nashville

Art Walk at Northshore for Hanover Gallery, Chattanooga

Featured Artist for Atlanta’s High Museum High Arts Day

Group Showing at Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama

Arts and Ales Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Celebrating Art in Dallas Group Showing, Dallas, Texas

Bastille Day Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Featured Artist in the Birmingham Decorators' Show House

The Harding Art Show, Nashville, Tennessee

Wesleyan Artist Market Norcross, Georgia

Blonde Bombshell Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

ArtXtravaganza at Webb School of Knoxville

Spotlight on Art Group Showcase at Trinity Atlanta, Georgia

Spotlight on Art Featured Artist at Atlanta’s Saks Fifth Avenue

Grand Affair Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Spotlight on Art Featured Artist at Atlanta’s Saks Fifth Avenue

 

2011 Auctions

Thisbe & Noah Scott Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee

Breath of Life Ball for the Cystic Fibrosis Atlanta Foundation

A Night of Knights Art Auction for The Covenant School Nashville

The Forwarding Arts Silent Auction at the Atlanta Swan Coach House

A Celebration of Life Silent Auction for Hospice Atlanta Center

Atlanta Home Builders HomeAid Mission for the Homeless Auction

Scaryoke V Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Auction

Spirit of SRVS Auction Affair, Memphis, Tennessee

Featured Artist- Raised $12,000 for Atlanta's Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Gala 

The Art of Good Taste at Brooks Museum of Art Memphis

Roswell's Toast to Children in Roswell, Georgia

X3 Foundation for Artistic and Creative Programs in Atlanta

Atlanta's El Dia De Los Ninos Quality Care for Children

Arizona Center for Law

 
Voted Atlanta's Best Emerging Artist 2010 -Creative Loafing

2010 Showings  

Little Jewels Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Brentwood Academy Artist Market Brentwood, Tennessee

Atlanta Christian Academy Artist Market

Featured Artist for Atlanta’s High Museum High Arts Day

4 Paces Fine Art Fall Spotlight Artist Atlanta, Georgia

Arts and Ales Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Gallery Hop Group Showing at Hanover Gallery

Featured Artist 40th Atlanta Symphony Decorators' Show House 

Wesleyan Artist Market Norcross, Georgia

Atlanta's Palette Knife Show and Merit Award Winner  

4 Paces Fine Art Spring Spotlight Artist Atlanta, Georgia

ArtXtravaganza at Webb School of Knoxville

Atlanta Mixed Media Exhibit and Juried Show 

Group Exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art

Spotlight on Art Group Showcase at Trinity Atlanta, Georgia

Spotlight on Art Featured Artist at Atlanta’s Saks Fifth Avenue

A Grand Affair Group showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

 

2010 Auctions

On Green Night Auction for Atlanta's Chastain Park Conservancy

Almost Home Silent Auction West Bloomfield, Michigan

Atlanta Must Ministries Silent Auction

A Night of Knights Art Auction for The Covenant School Nashville

St. Mary's Episcopal School Art Auction Memphis, Tennessee

Cheers to Children Auction for Children's Health Care of Atlanta

The Atlanta Montgomery School Art Auction

Art Gala and Auction at Huntsville Museum of Art

Heart for the Arts Auction at Holy Innocents Atlanta, Georgia

 

2009 Showings

Brentwood Academy Artist Market  Brentwood, Tennessee

Solo Show and Wine at The Vineyard Wine Market, Atlanta, Georgia

Small Jewels Group showing at Huff Harrington

4 Paces Fine Art Fall Spotlight Artist Atlanta, Georgia

Softer Side Group Showing at Huff Harrington

New Works Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

Points of View Group Showing at Huff Harrington

4 Paces Fine Art Spring Spotlight Artist Atlanta, Georgia

Wesleyan Artist Market Norcross, Georgia

Featured Artist 39th Atlanta Symphony Decorators' Show House and Gardens

Spotlight on Art Group Showcase at Trinity Atlanta, Georgia

Homage to Atlanta Artist at Huff Harrington Fine Art

 

2009 Auctions

Fernbank Museum 15th Annual Benefit Auction Atlanta, Georgia

Kate's Club Annual Cabaret Live Auction Atlanta, Georgia

Peachtree Childtown Atlanta Art Auction

Whitefield Academy Atlanta Benefit Auction

Brookstone School Artist Auction Columbus, Georgia

Atlanta Christian Academy Art Auction

Marist School Atlanta Art Auction

Spotlight on Art Gala Trinity Atlanta Live Auction

 

2008 Showings

Little Jewels Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

New Works Group Showing at Huff Harrington Fine Art

4 Paces Fine Art Spring Spotlight Artist

Featured Artist 38th Atlanta Symphony Decorators' Show House and Gardens

Wesleyan Artist Market Norcross, Georgia

4 Paces Fine Art Fall Spotlight Artist

Spotlight on Art Showcase at Trinity Atlanta, Georgia

 

2008 Auctions

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Atlanta Wine Opener at Mason Murer Fine Art

 

2007 Showings

Anne Irwin Fine Art Small Works Showing Atlanta, Georgia

Erika Reade Ltd. Fall Group Artist Event Atlanta, Georgia

Wesleyan Artist Market Norcross, Georgia

Spotlight on Art Showcase at Trinity Atlanta, Georgia

 

2007 Auctions

VSA Arts of Georgia Live Auction

Christ the King School of Atlanta Artist Auction

 

2006 Auctions

Georgia Association of Women Lawyers Art Gala

VSA Arts of Georgia Live Auction

Christ the King School of Atlanta Artist Auction


Melissa also has a passion for encouraging art programs to thrive in schools.  She has donated paintings and her time to Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee schools and charity auctions.  She is also involved with organizations that provide access to the arts for people with disabilities and those with low income.  She is a member of Americans for the Arts Action Fund and America's Voice for the Arts in Education.