Purple Pansy

Purple Pansy
“Purple Pansy.” Collage on mat board. 5″x7″
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I made another flower collage. Aside from this piece, I’ve gotten started on a couple more collages that are potential pieces for my solo exhibition next year. I’m also working on a commissioned piece, however those progress pictures won’t be posted for a while.

Guitar Man

Guitar Man by collage artist Megan Coyle
“Guitar Man.” Collage on paper. 18″x24″
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This is finished at the moment. I’ll need to dive back into this in a couple of weeks to make sure everything is looking just the way I’d like it. I’ve found that whenever I work on a piece, I spend so much time hovering over it that I can’t really notice my mistakes that well. Setting this aside will help quite a bit.

Seasons Series: Winter Coffee

Winter Coffee by collage artist Megan Coyle
“Winter Coffee.” Coated paper on mat board. 7″x5″
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I’m taking a night class in graphic design and for our next class, our assignment is to create four images that reflect the four seasons based on color scheme and/or subject matter. I decided to do coffee and tea for my series. We have to use color packets of coated paper for the project, so I’m in my comfort zone since the project involves collaging, however, I’m not accustomed to using plain paper. This piece is the first one I completed in the series–the cool colors and the steam represent the coldness of winter.

Portrait of a Gorilla

Portrait of a Gorilla by collage artist Megan Coyle
“Portrait of a Gorilla.”
Collage on mat board. 5″x7″
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I think it’s funny that the gorilla went from looking like an angry and wild creature to a wizened and contemplative animal. I’ll set this one aside and perhaps work on it more some other day. But for now, it’s finished.

In other news, I’d like to thank Patricia at pve design for doing a post about me. And now I’m off to get started on a 5″x7″ person portrait. We’ll see how this one turns out.

Hope you had a happy Monday!

Louie

Louie by collage artist Megan Coyle
“Louie.” Collage on paper. 9″x12″
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The dog collage I did before this one was of a dog that I thought was named Louie. Turns out this is the real Louie, and the last dog was Jonny. Anyway, I finished my last dog portrait in the series of commissioned pieces for one of my clients. Next week I have a meeting at a gallery that might possibly put my work on display.

I’ve been extremely busy with work these days, but now things have cooled down and I will be able to focus more on art making (hopefully). I’ll try to get started on another piece tonight or tomorrow night. I hope everything is going well with everyone!

Jonny

Jonny by collage artist Megan Coyle
“Jonny.” Collage on paper. 9″x12″

I have one more collage to do in this commission series before I’m finished. In other news, I’m working on last minute work for Art on the Avenue which will be on Saturday. This will be my first time ever doing an outdoor festival. Depending on how much I like it, I may or may not do more in the future.