MEGAN MARDEN

I believe in painting as a direct expression of a singular experience. I used to select my subjects, and arrange my setups carefully with symbolism and narrative in mind. More recently, I've adopted a more direct approach of painting whatever is in front of me at a given time. This redirects focus to the more implicit elements of the painting - the way it's painted, the light and the air around the objects, etc. This flexibility has also allowed me to explore a more genuine, and less intellectualized emotional depth in my paintings, such as when painting the tea set my grandmother gave me just before she died - a subject which would not have fit into my previously curated narrative.

Dinosaurs in the Window (2020) add to drawer
Gretna Porch Lights add to drawer
Rainy Day from Front Window (2020) add to drawer
Back Garden, Summer (2020) add to drawer
Chair (After Edwin Dickinson) (2020) add to drawer
Grandma's Tea Cup (2020) add to drawer
All Experience is an Arch (2018) add to drawer
Stick Pile (2019) add to drawer
Gretna Studio Window add to drawer