Gestural Abstract Paintings
Megan Carty is an accomplished colorist whose artistry is showcased through her dynamic, gestural abstract expressionist paintings. Her pieces feature a brilliant array of techno-colors and expressive mark-making that draw inspiration from the organic world. Based in the tranquil New England countryside just outside Boston, Carty lives and creates amidst the beauty of nature.
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ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
Browse and purchase from a prestige offering of fresh abstract-expressionist pieces.
About the Artist
Megan Carty (b. 1978) was born in Portland, Maine, U.S.A. and is an accomplished colorist whose artistry is showcased through her dynamic, gestural abstract expressionist paintings. Her pieces feature a brilliant array of bombastic techno-colors and expressive mark-making that draw inspiration from the organic world. Based with her family in the tranquil New England countryside just outside Boston, Megan lives and creates amidst the beauty of nature.
Carty holds a BFA from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts: School of Art & Design. Her abstract art during her ongoing 25 year career thus far has been featured by Anthropologie, CBS Sunday Morning, Minted, Homegoods, In Her Studio Magazine, Artfully Walls, Michaels Crafts, Modern Luxury Interiors Boston Magazine, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, SHLTR, Morning Honey, The Spruce, The Jealous Curator, Maine Home & Design Magazine, Maine Cottage, the Improper Bostonian Magazine, Day’s Jewelers, Chris Loves Julia, The English Room blog, Honey & Fitz Collection, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, and Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital. Her original paintings reside in private collections in both the USA and internationally. She has exhibited her work in three solo shows. Carty’s paintings can conveniently be purchased directly from the artist via her online gallery, www.megancartyart.com.
Carty offers many options to collect her work via one-of-a-kind original paintings, Giclée prints on fine art paper, and commissioned customized art. She also collaborates well with interior designers and art consultants. All are welcome to visit the Groton, Massachusetts studio by appointment; or she will happily meet you via online chat!
ABSTRACT FLORAL PAINTINGS
Browse and choose from a gorgeous collection of abstract floral paintings made with fine pigments in acrylic and oil pastel.
Abstract Landscape Paintings
Browse and purchase these stunningly unique sculptural abstract landscape paintings that celebrate the majesty of New England’s natural colors.
Fine art Prints
Shop an array of fine art giclée prints of Carty’s most beloved works. There are many sizes on velvet finish fine art paper; framed or unframed.
Artist Statement
I paint naturescapes that celebrate the hidden, unnoticed, and secret places in the world. My work is inspired by organic, biomorphic shapes and lines, which I use to create fantastical, almost dreamlike spaces that invite viewers to look closer—to find beauty where they might not have thought to look. My subjects often draw from the Maine woods, seaside paths, tide pools, and the brambles and brush that form the quiet undercurrents of nature’s story.
As a child, I longed to be seen and valued, but instead, I was bullied and dismissed. To protect myself, I became intensely quiet and insecure, hiding the parts of me that were kind, silly, creative, and deeply sensitive. That experience gave me a profound empathy for the overlooked and underestimated—both in people and in the natural world.
In my art, I feel a kinship with the wildness, color, and energy of hidden spaces. I amplify their voice, giving form to their sacredness and vitality. It’s a way for me to reclaim those lonely years and transform them into something powerful and beautiful—a celebration of resilience, creativity, and the quiet magic of the unseen.
Welcome!
Megan Carty describes her abstract expressionist paintings as “visual poems that illustrate the human lived experience.” Our inner-beings are both beautiful AND flawed. In our lives’ journeys, we experience celebrations, achievements, love, and joy. In contrast, we also experience losses, injustices, abuses, and sadness. We are both given TO and taken FROM. Carty aims to document this dichotomy of random moments in time using specific colors, open space, and line. She pulls her mark making inspiration from plants and flowers, as they are the ultimate symbols of continuous growth, death, and renewal.