Meg Artley | Oil Painting
     

Artist Statement

During my childhood, I spent my summers in the lush green hollows of Kentucky and the school year in the urban despair of Dhaka, Bangladesh.     To my mind there was very little difference between these two places.  Both were inhabited by people who loved to tell stories.  My grandmother and her family wove colorful stories about the clan, interrupting one another or themselves with asides and observations about certain characters; my Ayah in Dhaka spun linear epic tales that were whispered at bedtime.  I believe this is why I have come to make art that is narrative.

The story of creation could have been told by both my grandmother and my Ayah. It is full of characters, motivations, emotions, and complications-both humorous and deadly serious.  t is an epic that is etched in our collective memory.  Like the stories my grandmother and my Ayah told, this story is worth repeating with new words and fresh perspectives, as there are still lessons for all of us.

Biography

Meg Artley holds a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from Georgetown University, and is working toward a certificate in Drawing and Painting from the Cocoran College of Art and Design (CCAD).  Former Director of Admissions at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., she has directed the artist mentorship program for CCAD and Project Create, a free after-school arts program for D.C. youth.  She is currently the Director of the Annual Fund for Wesley Theological Seminary.

Meg lives her busy and productive life in McLean Virginia with her husband and two children.

     

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