Hi, my name is Meagan Healy (follow me on Instagram and my WordPress blog!). My professional website, which includes my graphic design business, which you can visit here: meaganhealy.com. I am currently living in Silver Spring, Maryland and working as a graphic designer, watercolor artist and animator. Right now, I have been sharing a series of Hawaiian Sunrises & Waves that I painted while visiting Kauai, Hawaii a while back, so I’m submitting a few for this post.
I started art when I was pretty young, after a few wrong turns, went to school for it, made some more wrong turns, and have discovered that if you follow your passion and don’t stop, you can build it into a lifelong practice. Even better, art is something in which I learn something new every single day, which really feeds into my love of discovery.
This might sound pretty easy, but I will say, I ran into the usual life-altering “Artists Can’t…” or “The arts won’t…” statements all my life, including my own frets and worries, which threatened to derail my pursuit of art, professionally. In my indecision, I found myself doing, making, and creating art anyway. I gave in. And now, I make my living from it. I don’t say this out of pride for myself, but rather out of reassurance to others (and myself) that this IS possible. One just needs to focus on mastering their craft and do their absolute best.
I work with a lot of different mediums, but I tend to repeat these the most: drawing in pen & ink, painting in watercolors, block printing, calligraphy and animation. I take photos constantly, thanks to my handy-dandy phone. I use these photos as reference for my paintings. I keep my paints easily accessible and paper ready to go. I pick only a few colors (Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colors), a very large brush (size 26 Goliath, Robert Simmons), a very small piece (5x7ish) of watercolor paper (Arches Cold Press) and try to aim for simple strokes to capture the energy of the subject of what I’m painting.
I notice that many people (viewers, audience, likers, etc) really tend to like very abstract, ethereal pieces with just a tiny bit of detail. Fortunately, that’s what I like to do, too.
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Great paintings. Very evocative and original. I’ll certainly be ‘following’.
Yay to the follow! So happy you liked these, Michael! 😃
Stunning paintings!
Thank you for being a guest and thank you Charlie for featuring her.
Thanks Teri! Glad you liked this! 😃
Meagan paints really stunning skies! I love those pieces! I’ll go look for her on IG. 🙂
Awesome glad to hear you’re heading to IG! Thanks Teresa!
Wonderful paintings Meagan! Great skies and clouds. Thanks for sharing with us Charlie! Another one to follow. 🙂
Yay to the follow! Thanks so much Susan! 😃
Hi Meagan – look forward to getting to know you and your art. Thanks for the intro charlie 0!
You’re quite welcome, Jodi! Glad you liked this! 😃
The “Goliath-” I love the name of that brush :). Meagan, I found your post to be inspiring in many ways! The message you shared, your love of painting ethereal pieces, and Kauai. I’m headed there soon and am excited to paint everyday! You’re paintings are lovely!
Aren’t these cool? I’m always inspired by people who can do great abstract landscapes! Glad you liked Meagan’s work, Jessica! 😃
Thanks, all, for your kind comments and thanks, Charlie for the guest opportunity! Thanks Michael, Teri, Teresa, Susan, Jodi, and Jessica! Appreciate it!
The “Goliath” being so large really helped me focus on larger shapes instead of getting caught up on tiny details. 🙂 Best to you all! I hope to see your artwork, as well!
Best,
Meagan
Thanks so much for being a guest on Doodlewash Meagan! Your art is beautiful!! 😍
Aw, thanks!
Theses moments in time are so inviting. Thank you Meagan for sharing your beautiful art. Thank you Charlie.
Thanks so much Sharon! Glad you liked Meagan’s work! 😃
I was just looking at some Turner watercolors in a book today…these definitely have the same flavor. Dreamy. (K)
Awww thanks cool! They do have that feel. Glad you liked this feature, Kerfe! 😃
Wonderful skies! beautifully done.
So happy you liked this feature! Thanks Anna! 😃
Beautiful watercolors, love the dramatic blends of color. Thanks for a great feature Charlie.
You’re quite welcome! So happy you liked this feature! 😃
[…] was excited about it. It made me think of the Goliath (love that name) brush Guest Doodlewasher Meagan Healy uses. This one is a Raphael Soft Aqua Quill, size 8. I have a smaller one that I love. The […]