Megan McCrea Art

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Megan McCrea Art

Contemporary landscape artist working mostly in soft pastels, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

05/05/2026

I usually keep my family life and my art life separate on social media, because I’m a fairly private person. But something has happened recently that has turned our world upside down. Our 15 year old daughter, Gavyn, has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor.

For the foreseeable future, our main focus is going to be on her treatment, researching clinical trials, traveling to ensure she receives the best care possible, and our family.

I will likely be quiet on here, but I will definitely be using this platform to view art by fellow artists to escape from time to time. My thanks to all who share their creativity on here. Now, more than ever, I’m so grateful for this community. 💛

04/20/2026

Even though I can’t paint all of the time, the bits of time where I create make me feel more grounded and connected to my creative self.

They help me feel like I’m still moving forward, improving, and like there is a live artistic wire I’m still connected to, even when I have to go a few days, sometimes a week or two, in between, studio sessions. Having that artistic thread alive within me during those stagnant creative days keeps me motivated and excited to come back to my work.

And when I get impatient about not being able to do more, or improve faster, I have to remind myself that I’m in this for the long term. I’m on a life-long journey of artistic exploration and improvement. And while there are goals I want to meet…

There is no finish line. So there is no rush.

04/17/2026

I’m excited to get back into the studio after being away all week… but this time of the year it always feels a bit harder to prioritize painting. All of the outdoor work that needs to get done always feels so urgent (the cleaning up, weeding, re-mulching, new planting, etc…), in addition to regular life’s chaos, and I feel like yard work eats up my weekends in the spring. But I’ve made a promise to myself that on my free weekends I will paint first! And yard work will just have to be second.

04/15/2026

I REALLY love an art museum. 💗 This past weekend I was able to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum for the first time during our quick family getaway to DC, and it was fantastic. My girls aren’t exactly the “museum type”, but they, and my husband, humored me, and we explored the main areas I wanted to see the most for a few hours. Their collection of impressionists, specifically their collection of Monet, was a big highlight, as was the Mary Cassat exhibition. And my girls got a kick out of seeing a DaVinci painting in person and a few paintings by Van Gogh and Degas.

04/06/2026

Happy Easter to all who celebrate. I hope your day was filled with family & friends, love and joy. 💗

04/01/2026

Lately, I’ve been drawn to slightly more quiet, neutralized versions of the colors I naturally gravitate to most.

It’s been interesting to play with these neutrals alongside potent chroma. Somehow, i think the naturalized color makes the more intense color next to it feel more impactful.

03/21/2026

Is it insensitive to share little photos or videos of my pastel artwork when there are so many other important things happening in the world to share, discuss and address? Sometimes I feel like it really is, and it stops me. But then there are days when I can recognize that when I witness something that is created from the depths of another’s soul, it shifts something in me for the better. So I think I will keep sharing my work. If for no other reason than to bring a moment of respite from the madness that is everyday life.

“Last Light” / 2023 / soft pastel on mounted uart / 12” x 12”

03/18/2026

I have this hang up… I always feel like I have to share photos of new work when I post on social media. But here’s the thing- new work takes time. So today I wanted to throw back to a painting from 2022, “Clouds Over the Harbor” (10” x 16” on mounted uart 500).

This painting will always hold a special place in my heart. Not only is it a scene from one of my favorite places (Bar Harbor, Maine) from a beautiful evening I spent with my family on vacation, but it is also the first time (and only time so far) I received an award for my work. It was an unexpected, special moment, and one that really propelled me forward in my artistic journey and encouraged me to take my desire to create more seriously.

03/15/2026

The scariest thing is a blank surface waiting for me on the easel. So if I finish a painting, at the end of my studio session, I always try to get something started on the next surface I’m planning to work on. Sometimes it’s just a pencil sketch of big shapes. Sometimes it’s a color block in, like this, in pastel, which I’ll use to start my alcohol under painting the next time I’m in the studio. And seeing it like this, waiting for me, as I pass by it, day to day, makes me excited to return to the easel to get to work.

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West Chester, PA

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https://meganmccreaart.com/

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