HELLO YOU.
WELCOME TO THE STUDIO
About the Artist
It’s great to meet you. I’m Megan, a self-taught artist drawn to light, atmosphere, and the quiet spaces where something ordinary becomes meaningful. I paint from my small home studio in Manchester, surrounded by plants, and some great natural light!
I work mainly in oils and acrylics, creating pieces shaped by light, seasonality, and the quiet emotion in everyday moments.
My background in English Literature informs how I see the world: through tone, mood, subtlety, and story. I’m intrigued by the tension between what stays and what slips away, allowing my pieces to evolve naturally in my practice, attempting to capture the kind of moments you can’t quite name but feel deeply.
Thank you for visiting the studio. I hope you find something here that resonates.
M x
From the Studio To Exhibition
These photos were taken at West Studio’s Emerging Artists exhibition in 2023 — my first time exhibiting work publicly. Sharing my paintings in person was such a meaningful milestone, and it offered a new way to see how people connect with the themes I explore.
About the work
The world can feel a bit crazy sometimes, and we can feel alone facing life’s phases and challenges. But I believe that by looking to the natural world and exploring our relationship with other living things through art, we can find comfort in the knowledge that we belong.
We’re part of a living, breathing, ecosystem that is always changing and evolving. One that offers us many lessons to learn if we listen closely, and can offer a mirror or counterbalance to help us navigate our lived experience.
The natural world is at once tangible yet untouchable, enduring yet fleeting. Its elements are harsh and uncompromising at times, yet nourishing and life-giving at others. It’s this ability to exist wholly in a state of constant contradiction that has me endlessly inspired. It’s life, all life.
The rainstorms and the sunsets, the flowers and the thorns. I find myself spending hours mixing colours in an effort to replicate those effortlessly emerging in nature, and scrambling to capture a certain slant of light as it permeates a sky
- before it inevitably shifts and is lost.