Paintings & plates for dinners ✦that go on too long.
handmade oyster shell plates, painted tables & objects with stories. made in savannah. inspired by everywhere south of here.
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The DinnerParty
the party is about to start and no one set the table! things have already gotten slightly out of hand.
the mariachi is already here. that part wasn't planned either.
psst - this table is interactive! grab these objects and drag them onto the table →
Objects ofExcess
each piece tells a story from the merle universe - a dinner party that got out of hand, a toast that went too far, a secret that never quite stayed buried.
Room service didn’t come, but the view stayed. A motel still life staged somewhere between romance and regret. The Last Slice at the Mirage Motel - acrylic and oil on an 18x24" stretched canvas.
Buyer is responsible for shipping from Savannah, GA. Free delivery is available in Savannah, with local delivery available to Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Beaufort for an additional fee.
A lobster feast frozen mid-ceremony. The butter’s melting, the candle’s burning, and someone’s clearly not coming back. Painted in acrylic and oil on a 18x24" stretched canvas.
Buyer is responsible for shipping from Savannah, GA. Free delivery is available in Savannah, with local delivery available to Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Beaufort for an additional fee.
He brought flowers. He also arrived by jet ski. Against their better judgment, they were impressed. Love This for Us is an original painting in acrylic, oil stick, spray paint, and resin on 24 × 36-inch Gessobord.
Buyer is responsible for shipping from Savannah, GA. Free delivery is available in Savannah, with local delivery available to Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Beaufort for an additional fee.
What is this place??
GOOD QUESTION. HERE'S THE SHORT VERSION!
maritime merle is basically the world inside my head.
it's art inspired by places with stories - imaginary vacation stories, old motels, salty air, the specific kind of nostalgia that hits you on the plane home from somewhere that changed you a little. it's not coastal art. it's more the feeling of finding a place that's a little weird and a little beautiful and that you can't fully explain to people who weren't there.
TableTales
stories from the merle universe. some true. some almost true. none of your business.
The girls had signed up for an early morning ruins tour. Unfortunately the night before had involved a rooftop bar, four rounds of mezcal someone insisted were "local tradition," something involving a jet ski that no one could fully explain the next morning, and a very emotional debate about which one of them was "the responsible one."