August 2010 Artist: Megan Burkholder

Megan Burkholder studied painting at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and in Rome, Italy. Megan is an abstract artist, primarily creating encaustic wax paintings combined with charcoal, oil paint and sculptural materials.

Her abstract portfolio includes acrylic and mixed media on wood where she achieves a perceptual depth through alternating layers of thin washes and heavy impasto. Megan is also a figurative painter. Her female nude painting and sculpture are often displayed in conjunction with her abstract as poetic installation. The dramatically stark black and white palette of her figurative work is melodiously juxtaposed next to her chromatic abstracts. In both her abstract and figurative work, Megan creates emotive gestural mark-making, as she embraces painterly drips and “accidental” nuances combined with a masterful sense of balance and placement.

Megan currently lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Click on each image to see a larger version. All pieces here are the original, not reproductions.

"My Time In Outer Space" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 24″ x 36″ $1500	"Blue Landscape" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 36″x 39″ $1500	"Entering A Cave In Kentucky" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 61″ x 32″ $1700	"View From An Airplane" Encaustic Wax and Mixed Media on Wood 36″X 39″ $1500
"Lydia's Song (Feels Like This)" Encaustic & Oil on Wood 30″ x 72″ $1700	"Calm In The Serengeti" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 48″ x 36″ $2200	"Aphotic" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 20″X32.5″ $500	"Both Grandpas Were Coal Miners" Encaustic Wax & Mixed Media on Wood 80″ x 36″ $2300

Visit the page for the other August 2010 Featured Artists, Bijan Sharifi and Timothy Lachcik.