About Meg
The Human: Howdy friends! I am a world traveler, big sister, scotch collector, tango dancer, trained graphic designer, painter, rock climber, and passionate community-oriented person. Occasionally I get to magically combine some of those things in my work.
The Artist: I am a mixed media collage artist from the mountain west who works with historic photographs and documents, community sourced images, magazine clippings and found materials. My work has been exhibited at the Garden Valley Art Center, and Visual Arts Collective in Idaho, and I have work in the Idaho State Historical Society’s private collection. I won an Alexa Rose Grant for my Boise history explorations and continue to work with the foundation as well as teaching introductory collage workshops in the valley.
The Process: Stories cultivate connections. Thematically, I’m interested in the energetic invisible tissue that makes a person feel seen, understood, and not alone. This idea of connection is the driving force in my work. From the macro to the micro my aim is to honor the stories of time, place, and people through collage. By placing equal value on the details and the big picture my hope is the viewer has a playful experience interacting with my work.
Visually, I’m interested in multidimensionality and the formal qualities of pattern, tension, contrast, color and negative space. My process unfolds from a loose structure to an intuitive dance with the materials. Collaging tiny photos or clippings on wooden panels and then building layers of transparent acrylic paint, medium or resin over the top.
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