Melinda Bordelon facts for kids
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Melinda Bordelon
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Melinda Jane Bordelon
6 March 1949 |
| Died | 18 November 1995 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Texas Christian University |
| Known for | Illustration, painting |
Melinda Jane Bordelon (born March 6, 1949 – died November 18, 1995) was a talented American painter and illustrator. She created amazing art for many things, like magazine covers, album covers, and book covers. Her artwork was seen from the early 1970s through the 1990s.
Melinda mostly used acrylic paint and ink for her art. She also designed packaging for video games.
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Early Life and Art Education
Melinda Jane Bordelon was born in Amarillo, Texas. Her father was Dr. Howard M. Bordelon and her mother was Mary Jane Peters Bordelon. Melinda loved art from a very young age.
When she was 12, she won third prize in a newspaper coloring contest. She went to Tascosa High School. Later, she studied illustration at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. There, she learned from a famous artist named Don Ivan Punchatz.
Melinda Bordelon's Art Career
In the early 1970s, Melinda moved from Texas to Cornwall, New York. Soon after, a popular magazine called New York asked her to create a painting. This painting was part of a collection showing important moments from the Watergate scandal.
Melinda was one of the few artists chosen who had never worked with the magazine before. Within a year, her art became very popular. Many magazines wanted her to create illustrations for them.
Magazine and Album Art
Melinda Bordelon's art appeared on many magazine covers. These included the June 1974 issue of National Lampoon. She also designed the October 1976 issue of Sesame Street Magazine. Another famous cover was for the October 1982 issue of Harper's Magazine.
The Society of Illustrators honored Melinda's work three times. This was between 1974 and 1977. Her first award was for the cover of the 1974 Brownsville Station album, School Punks. She created this art for Atlantic Records.
In 1975, the Society showed her album art at their Illustrators XVII exhibition. This was held at their contemporary art gallery in New York. Her work was also shown in Illustrators XVIII (1976) and Illustrators XIX (1977).
Video Game Art and Later Years
In the mid-1990s, Melinda Bordelon also worked on video games. She created illustrations and shared her ideas for some games made by Origin Systems.
Later in her life, Melinda lived in Austin, Texas. She also started to explore photography.
