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Yesterday I had my artist talk at the Center for the Arts, Caton Merchant Family Gallery for the solo show “A Palette of Paper.” I thought I’d share a few photos from the event.

The gallery is inside an old candy factory, so it has a really unique look and feel.

At the front of the art center, there’s information about the old candy factory that used to be in business there. Here’s an image that shows the different shapes of the candy.

Right when you walk inside the building, the first thing you see are the glass doors to the art gallery. Here I am giving my artist talk.

And here’s another angle of the talk. It’s a pretty spacious gallery – and definitely one of the best venues where I’ve shown my work.

Anyway, thanks to all the folks who were able to make it out to the Manassas talk! It was a fun day!

My solo show, “A Palette of Paper,” went up yesterday. I didn’t have an opening reception for this one, but I’m going to have an artist talk a week from this Saturday. It’s been a while since my last talk – we shall see how this one goes!

The gallery director was kind enough to send a few pictures of the installed exhibit (I have yet to see it in person!). The space is gorgeous – I love the wood floors and the lighting, and it’s wonderful how the artist’s name gets printed across the gallery’s glass door.

The folks at the gallery installed the show for me, which makes things a lot easier on my end. Sometimes it can take hours and hours for me to install a show. You’d think at this point I’d be a pro at it – but alas, no. Every show seems to have a different way of displaying my work – nail in the wall, hooks that attach to the molding at the top of the walls, etc.

Anyway, I like what they did with the place. And I’m looking forward to seeing everything when I stop by for my artist talk.

So my upcoming solo show is just around the corner! “A Palette of Paper” will be on display at the Center for the Arts, Caton Merchant Family Gallery in Manassas, VA. The art gallery is beautiful – and the art center is in a building that used to be an old candy factory. I can’t wait to take pictures of the installed exhibit and share them. There will be around thirty collages that will include portraits, animals, cityscapes, and landscapes.

I’m delivering the work to the gallery in the next couple of days. The show will go up on February 8th and will run until March 22nd. I’m giving an artist talk on February 18th.

Here’s the gallery’s description of the show:

If you can imagine how scissors plying through everyday magazines can give an outcome of surprising and masterful art, then you might imagine the incredible collages of Megan Coyle. Working in classic art genres, Megan breaks down her images piece by piece, evolving them from bits of magazines into whole new, amazing compositions.