Sculptural Paintings for Purchase
Yaaas Queen! In this stunningly unique series, Carty celebrates the majesty of Mother Nature with vivid colors and marks inspired by the great outdoors. Inspired by topographic maps, she folds and manipulates raw canvas into mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers as if seen from a passing plane. The canvas is dyed using acrylic inks, acrylic paint, and pencil. As visual inspiration, Carty refers to her numerous travels to Acadia National Park, Maine and Portland, Maine where she grew up. She is moved by the numerous colorful eco-systems on display; from the tide pools to the fresh water springs and lush forests.
Asticou Gardens, 30x40, abstract landscape painting
Asticou Gardens, 30x40, abstract landscape painting
The Asticou Azalea Gardens in Northeast Harbor, Maine are heavenly. Meditate and unwind with this chic sculptural abstract landscape painting by Megan Carty.
Title: “Asticou Gardens”
Size: 30x40”
Framed in natural wood floater frame, wired to hang. 1.5” depth off the wall.
Medium: Acrylic Ink and graphite on raw canvas, matte varnished for UV protection, mounted with archival matte gel medium on raw stretched canvas panel.
Signed on front and back
Ships via professionally packaged via FED EX ground, insured, signature required. Cost of shipping in the contiguous 48 states USA is included in price. Please contact me for quote for international shipping; collector is responsible for international shipping fees.
Dust gently with feather duster. *Unaffixed folds may be gently manipulated.
About the Work:
My lineage proudly traces back well over 300 years here in New England; with Maine farmers begetting future generations of farmers, masons, and other humble workers. My roots here run deep and wide. I traverse the forests, fields, and coastlines gathering inspiration, observations, and impressions that are translated into my sketchbooks. How many unique and wonderful characters have also stood on these grounds?
In this newest body of work called “Yaaas Queen!”, I explore Mother Nature’s New England landscape and celebrate her resilient majesty by combining unlikely bombastic techno-colors and expressive mark-making that tangle into a fresh unique landscape painting experience.
I use raw canvas fabric to meld acrylic inks, paints, and graphite into my own innovative version of an abstracted landscape. Inspired by topographic maps, I mold and affix the canvas into undulating hills and valleys to give the paintings a sculptural quality you can touch and experience. The colors, lines, and shapes recall those found in actual New England scenery. My goal, however, is to not depict a SPECIFIC place, but to help you fondly recall your OWN favorite place outdoors.
My favorite inspirations are Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine. I love referencing colors and shapes of the marshes, the forests, the rivers/lakes, and the brooks streaming through the mountains.
The results are not traditional or stodgy…these are fresh, chic, modernist re-inventions of an age-old genre. Now, Mother Nature gets turned on her head.