Tell me how you really feel...

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Tell me how you really feel... *NEW*

These giclée prints are on heavyweight archival matte paper (220gsm/81lb) and will be signed on the front in pencil. The paper is A4 sized/21x29.7cm/8.3x11.7"

£25 (includes p&p in the U.K.)
Additional £5 for shipping to everywhere else.

Printed to order in Scotland by another woman-owned small art business, you can feel extra good about your purchase as you support not one but two artists.

While I am known for my abstract paintings, for the past three years I have explored another series, my "Accidental Portraits." These paintings have proven quite popular with collectors and now I am excited to be able to offer a selection of them as prints.

These statement pieces capture the collective feeling with a minimal palette and a strong line as we wade through the strange days of 2020 and beyond.

 What viewers are saying about the debut of my new print series, “Tell me how you really feel...”

“These are edgy cool and graphically stark, you do it so fucking well.”

“I like the mood, angles, and the honest and brutal mark making, they are severe in their grace!”

As always, I am continually looking for more affordable ways for you to be able to live with my art and for ways that you can help support the work I do. Thank you. Click the collect button under each piece to purchase or visit my shop. 

https://ko-fi.com/meganchapman/shop

Needs must

I have been focusing on selling my older small works, studio sale works, works on paper, and my book works. Working on the promotional aspects of my art world than the making and doing. Honestly, I would rather be painting but I have to stand squarely in the reality that I need to sell the works I have already made so that I can survive and continue to work in the future.

The bottom line is I want to be able to continue being a painter and in order to do that, I have to sell some work. I am still paying rent on a studio that I have only been to about 4 or 5 times since the pandemic hit Scotland in March. I am not even sure if in the future I will be able to maintain or support a studio. Like many people, the virus is making me rethink a lot of things and to consider different approaches to living and working. 

The one thing that hasn't changed is that I have a strong belief in the power of art and I want more people to have access to my work. That is why I always have more affordable pieces along with the more expensive gallery pieces. 

I am grateful to all my patrons and supporters past and present that have continued to support my work, especially during these strange days.

Here are some of my remaining affordable original works for sale. Follow me across my social media channels to always stay up to date with sales and my available smaller works. I only post my larger canvas series on my formal website. 

Little anchors #2
15.2x15.2cm/6x6”
Mixed media on card
Framed in black, no glass
Signed and dated on the back
© 2019 Megan Chapman
£45 (free shipping in the UK)
to purchase email: megancha at gmail dot com 

An image of the same piece to show you the frame. 

Dark Sketches Transition # 2

Original, signed on the back
Mixed media on acid-free 300 gsm/140lb Watercolour paper
Mounted and ready to pop in a frame
10x8”/25x20cm.
£25 (free UK shipping)

to purchase email: megancha at gmail dot com

Isolated Moment #10
Original work on paper! 
Mounted and ready to pop in an 8x8"/ 20.x20cm frame
£20 (free UK shipping)
to purchase email: megancha at gmail dot com

Making sense of what you already understand

newsprint sketch detail

I worked pretty full on in the studio Monday through Wednesday and took Thursday and Friday off to keep up with BREXIT news and because I was worn out. I needed a break. In those three days at work, I put paint on the surface of eighteen substrates; a mixture of newsprint, canvas, and some miniature canvas boards. I made pretty good progress on two larger pieces as well.

You can watch my Tuesday Studio Video Visit recap here if you missed it earlier and see more of what I got up to.



Here are a couple of studio snaps of the larger paintings I worked on.

Most of the studio sale pieces that I shipped to America are starting to arrive at their destinations and that is always a relief. If you missed my online studio sale, you can find it here. I will be creating some new small works for online holiday sales and open studios.

Don't forget that you can find my work at The Velvet Easel Gallery in Portobello, Edinburgh. Until next week, keep showing up for yourself and your truth. Keep fighting and don't let the bastards keep you down.

Thank you.

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Letters Never Sent...

secret messages
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

keep reading
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

a witness
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

futile
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

blinding light
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
$35

keep reminding me
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

quite as alive
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
$35

through the distance
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
$35

six hours
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
$35

please remember
Mixed Media Painting on 140lb. Arches Paper
9x6" with about an inch border on all sides.
© 2011 Megan Chapman
sold

This is my latest series: "Letters never sent." These works pick up where the "Maps of the Night" left off and are a precursor to my next series "Sometimes I love you and other stories." They are available for $35 plus shipping on my etsy shop Art Maven. If you live in Fayetteville please email me and I can reserve your piece for payment and pickup through the Fayetteville Underground. Email me at megancha@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks for your support! Visit my Etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/people​/artmaven

typed words, dreams and paper

This week I started some more small works for my etsy shop. These pieces are a precursor to my series "sometimes I love you and other stories." I have two completed and three more currently on the go. I have incorporate small abstract paintings with typed text and I must say I am very excited! My goal is to create at least ten of these new works before I put them on etsy. I hope that will happen either this weekend or in the early part of next week.

In other news, there are only two flashcards left! I am thrilled that twenty seven of these small miniature works have found good homes so far. Perhaps you have been meaning to get yourself a flashcard before they are all gone! Visit my etsy shop to see what remains. I may also be adding some of my older smaller color paintings to etsy. It is time to let go of the past and make room for the new. Every dollar you spend in my shop or on my art keeps me on the path, funds my next series, and truly keeps me alive. I am honored when people spend their hard earned money on my work as I understand it is tough all over.

There has been a lot going on professionally and personally in my life lately and sometimes it is hard to keep my head above water. However, when I talk with a patron of the arts about my work and my dreams for the future everything seems possible. Thank you for your encouragement.

Next week things will kick into high gear with my new paper works on etsy and more progress being made on my latest series of works on canvas. You know I will keep you posted.

Until then, keep fighting.

Maps of the Night: The First Fourteen

Working for hours and late in the studio on the Maps of the Night

These are the Maps of the Night. There are currently fourteen but soon there will be twenty. These works will debut during First Thursday at the Fayetteville Underground on February 3rd in the back vault gallery and in my studio. You, as my blog readers get a special pre-sale treat, an advanced virtual showing and a chance to purchase/reserve these works a week early! Works will be sold on a first come first serve basis and all non local sales will go through paypal and include shipping and handling. Fayetteville residents can reserve pieces by emailing me and paying for them at the Fayetteville Underground on First Thursday Feb 3rd.

These pieces are mixed media on paper and are 24x 36" with approximately a 1.5" border on all sides of the painting. The edges of the paintings are not kept pristine and one can see some of the process left behind in the inky stains and drips.

I am very excited to share these works with you. I will always remember this series with a fevered passion that I hadn't felt in a while. These works are about me and my life and my current story, but I hope you will find yourself within them as well.

I believe in the power of original art and I am glad to offer these affordable but important, original works to collectors at just $100.00. If you are interested in a particular piece for your collection please email me at megancha@gmail.com with the name of the piece and I can send you a paypal invoice or information on how to make a payment or reserve the painting if you are local. I love shipping nationally and internationally, and these works can be safely shipped in a mailing tube to your location.

Thank you for your support and interest in the Maps of the Night. If you have any questions about any of these works, please don't hesitate to email and ask.

As always, keep fighting!
Megan
megancha@gmail.com
click on the paintings to see them larger

roots pushed down under their feet grounding them to this uncertainty
there would be no hiding this time
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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strangely she let the words get stuck in her throat
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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When he went under the waves she could feel it in her sleep
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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there is a line that runs between them under the ocean
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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they knew all along but for how long is any one's guess
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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wire like lines broke above them in the sky, whipping around, they were unscathed
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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a strange language grows like vines in the night
and I think I would rather learn your words than any others
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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their static radio voices whispered as they sang their secrets
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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they jumped the gap and slept in the shadows
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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it all points to an expertly crafted myth
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
$100.00

after pages and pages of infinite risk they had their brave moments
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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she was good at hiding in the light, he would come alive in the dark secrecy
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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on distant shores they bury their fear
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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he watches the sky and gives his cloud report
mixed media on paper 24x 36"
© 2011 Megan Chapman
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The Maps of the Night were photographed by Don House.