Who Am I?

“Boston-based artist Megan Carty infuses her paintings with a vibrant sense of positivity and a spirited palette of bold, energetic colors. Her works feature whimsically unexpected details meant to inspire a sense of comfort, brightening the viewer's emotional and physical spaces at once.” via Anthropologie

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!

ARTIST STATEMENT

Our daily lives are filled with events, emotions, and mind-scapes that churn, float, and race along like the weather tracking on a radar map. There are moments of spacious peace, tangled seasons of despair, raucous times of joy, and darkness of loss that teach us and help us evolve and grow in our human journeys. My work aims to capture these specific often nebulous moments of time to prove we are ALL “works in progress;” learning and improving every day. We make mistakes and learn to forgive ourselves. We can recognize the beauty of each day despite our struggles and know that it all adds up to a life well-lived. We were perfectly made and opportunity is always rolling in to help us show our greatness. It’s never over until it’s over. I use acrylic, gouache, pencil, and ink on canvas or clayboard panels in energetic expressive strokes using fevered colors and marks to form clusters that act as the “happenings” in our lives. I use lines and shapes that evoke botanical elements like flowers, stems, and leaves to represent our constant rebirthing and wilting. I like to use riotous color choices to create the energy of empowerment in the painting; a sense and statement of strength and triumph over hardship. I use areas of calm open space to represent the calmness and stillness that surround our every day happenings; sometimes monotonous and sometimes exquisitely healing. Each panel is a chance for the viewer to reflect on the many seasons they have weathered and come away feeling seen, heard, and validated.