Megan Coyle: Artist & Illustrator

October 12, 2010January 29, 2017

Bosty goes to Windsor

Bosty the Boston Terrier by collage artist Megan Coyle

Bosty caught the train to Windsor. He spent the beginning of the day window shopping.

Then he headed over to the castle to go on a tour. Since it was a dreary day, he thought he’d rather spend it inside and pretend that he was royalty.

He found some guards marching along one of the pathways. He followed behind them, pretending he was one of them.

He climbed up to one of the castle’s look-outs to take a look at the beautiful sights below.

And he had to get his picture taken by some of the beautiful architecture.

And he knew his trip to England wouldn’t be complete without an up-close picture of Bosty with a guard.

October 10, 2010February 17, 2017

Dachshund Strolling in the Park

I decided to make another dog collage – another day another dachshund. I really enjoy making animal collages and plan to start creating more narrative scenes with animals. Often I just focus on the little critter and add a plain background. Right now the children’s book I’m working on is about a couple of animals. I’ve really enjoyed creating more narrative scenes for the creatures, and so I’d like to work on expanding this area of my art.

Anyway, I’m off to run some weekend errands, enjoy the lovely weather in DC, and then work on some more artwork. Hope everyone’s having a fantastic weekend!

October 6, 2010January 29, 2017

Tree in the Park

Inspired from a stroll in the park during a sunny summer day. This is another piece that’s up at the NIH “Collage Scapes” exhibition. Which reminds me, I’ll be stopping by the show to take some installation pictures that I’ll post somewhat soon.

Things are pretty busy these days. I recently finished a commissioned portrait and I’ll post the progress pictures of that soon. I’m really enjoying the work I’m doing on my children’s book – I’m on illustration number three thus far. Unfortunately I won’t be posting that work – although you’ll get a glimpse of the book when it’s nearly complete.

And now I’m inspired to get going with some more illustrations. This cold fall weather makes me want to curl up with some hot green tea and cut and paste away. Hope you’re having a lovely week in October.

September 30, 2010January 29, 2017

Jefferson Memorial

Sometimes I like to walk around the city to find some inspiration for my work – let it be DC, Alexandria, or any city I’m visiting. You can always find lovely sights or interesting and colorful characters in a major city. This piece was inspired by a walk around Washington, DC. I was also motivated to produce some more scapes pieces since that’s been an area I haven’t focused a lot of energy on. This is another piece that’s up at the NIH exhibit.

September 28, 2010February 18, 2017

Maine Coon

Another collage from my cat series. Pretty soon I should get started on making more animal collages. Or perhaps I’ll do a series of small coffee cups? We shall see…

This past Saturday I uninstalled “The Animal Kingdom” exhibit at Goodwin House. Time sure does fly – it feels like just the other day I was hauling nearly forty collages over to the gallery and spending the afternoon making sure everything was hanging just so. It had a good run and I’m excited to search for future venues.

And now I’m off to work on another illustration and do a little commission work. I hope everyone had a great weekend. It went by pretty quickly for me – but I kept busy and had fun.

September 24, 2010February 11, 2017

The City by Day

I enjoyed putting this piece together. It looks a bit different than my other scapes pieces and I liked making this collage a little more abstract. I kept searching for pieces of paper that had a lot of texture in them, and I’m happy with the result. “The City by Day” is another collage that’s currently on display in my “Collage Scapes” exhibit at NIH.

And now I’m off to put some finishing touches on a commission portrait I’m working on. I hope everyone has a happy Friday tomorrow!

September 22, 2010January 29, 2017

Bosty goest to Stratford-upon-Avon

Bosty decided to hop on the train and head off to Stratford-upon-Avon. He wanted to say hello to Shakespeare’s neck of the woods since he happened to be in the area.

He had his picture taken under the “Truly Scrumptious Tearoom” sign after he had his afternoon tea. After all, a traveler has to take a few posed pictures.

Next he wandered into a garden that had sculptures inspired by different Shakespearean plays. Here’s Bosty in front of the one inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I think he just liked the fact that the sculpture had a donkey in it.

After a long dog day, the sky began to turn yellow as the sun set.

And the night went by in a blur of excitement – with window shopping and enjoying the bright lights.

September 20, 2010January 29, 2017

Koala Bear

This piece was inspired by a visit to the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Washington, DC. When I can’t get great pictures of the animals in real life, I check out the large collection of creatures exhibited at the NHM. It’s the next best thing.

I remember when I was working on this piece in the open studio at the Torpedo Factory, a visitor came up to me to chat while I worked. She was seeing the piece from upside-down, and asked me if I was working on a helicopter. That made me chuckle a bit.

September 16, 2010January 29, 2017

Sunset in the City

This collage is currently hanging in my “Collage Scapes” exhibit at NIH. I don’t often work on landscape or cityscape pieces, so it was nice breaking away from what’s familiar to me. I think I should try to do some new still life work in the future since I haven’t really explored it all that much.

Things have been pretty busy these days. Then again, when are they not busy? I’m enjoying the cool weather while working away on my web work and commission work. I’m hoping to begin a few illustrations for my children’s book relatively soon.

Anyway, I hope everyone is have a lovely week and a wonderful weekend!

September 15, 2010January 29, 2017

Bosty goes to Oxford

So what’s next on Bosty’s trip? Wandering the streets of Oxford. He figured that after seeing Cambridge, he might as well mosey over to another college town.

He spent a little time in the park, admiring the colorful trees of autumn. Hmm, how about a nice fall dip in the fountain?

Next he decided to go to a few touristy places. Being the Harry Potter fan he is, Bosty checked out a few areas where they filmed scenes from the Harry Potter movie.

Including the Great Hall. He felt like a wizard’s hat was necessary for the occasion.

Then it was off to admire the architecture…

Bosty by collage artist Megan Coyle

And end the day with an English sunset.