.Meghan Miklavic. Artist.

bio

Originally from Portland, Maine, Meghan's work is largely inspired by the natural beauty of the coastline.  She paints primarily with encaustic wax, acrylic paint, watercolor, and incorporates sand into certain pieces of her work.

She received a bachelors in Fine Arts and Psychology and has used her therapeutic art with patients in hospitals, burn victims, various support groups, children and adults with special needs, and many others.  She uses art as a healing and teaching tool not only with others, but also in her own life. 

She has been represented in various galleries and shows across the united states and was chosen in 2017 through Emerald C Gallery as a local artist to design and paint the charitable pony statue at the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California (benefitting Rady's Children's Hospital.) 

Currently residing in San Diego, California, she spends most of her time painting, running, walking on the beach and probably overthinking most things.  

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artist's statement

I have always been fascinated by the natural beauty of the ocean and its coastline.  My work is primarily inspired by the serenity of the ocean, which with the harsh marriage of timing, can cause one of the most powerful forces in the world.  

As a storm approaches, it pulls warm air from the atmosphere for its fuel, creating what we know as a "calm."  This moment silences your surroundings, leaving you humbled by the ocean's power and beauty.  This calm isolates your heightened senses, the saturated colors around you, the air on your skin and the power of mother nature as the ocean begins to churn.  These peaceful, awakening moments before and after a storm inspire my work  the most.

My hope is to share my own visual and emotional narrative of the ocean and the world around me; my fear of it, my peace with it, and my love for it.  My dream is for viewers to find their own emotional journey and connection in my work, and to find parts of their own stories in my paintings. 

representation

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