Megan Ellen MacDonald 'Trolling In The Shallows' Print Available

Artist: Megan Ellen MacDonald
Title: Trolling In The Shallows
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 20 x 24 Inches
Edition: 40
Price: $125

Megan Ellen MacDonald is a Canadian oil painter known for her intricate and glossy explorations of gendered aesthetics. Her work often utilizes the visual language of porcelain figurines, kitsch objects, and synthetic materials to investigate the intersections of nature, power, and femininity. By arranging 3D-modeled digital environments before translating them to canvas, she achieves a hyper-realized finish that mimics the surface of glazed ceramic or liquid resin.

The artist frequently employs a palette of saccharine pastels and deep, bruised jewel tones. Her compositions often feature recurring motifs such as strawberries, bows, and delicate fauna, which are subverted through tight framing or suggestive positioning. This method creates a tension between the perceived innocence of the objects and a subtle undercurrent of desire or dominance. By rendering these traditionally feminine icons with monumental scale and technical precision, she challenges the historical dismissal of decorative or domestic subjects in high art.

MacDonald lives and works in Toronto, where she continues to refine her process of blending digital technology with traditional oil painting techniques. Her pieces act as a mirror to modern consumer culture, reflecting how identity is often constructed through the collection and display of artifice. The resulting paintings are both seductive and unsettling, inviting viewers to question the hierarchy of taste and the ways in which softness can be used as a vessel for strength. Her practice remains a vital investigation into the artificiality of the natural world and the enduring power of the gaze.

Sabrina Bockler 'Something Pretty' Print Available

Artist: Sabrina Bockler
Title: Something Pretty
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 18 x 18 Inches
Edition: 40
Price: $100

 

Sabrina Bockler (b. 1987) is a rising American painter based in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for her intricate, surrealist works that juxtapose aristocratic opulence with an unsettling, off-kilter allure. Her distinctive visual language is heavily inspired by historical art movements, particularly the rich, velvety textures of Dutch Golden Age still lifes and the dramatic flair of Baroque and Rococo aesthetics. Bockler meticulously crafts decadent scenes overflowing with classic finery like lobsters, seashells, and abundant floral arrangements, only to subvert them with elements of mischief and disruption, such as mischievous dogs or two-headed swans, creating a sense of something not quite as it seems. This dichotomy between traditional grandeur and the uncanny serves as a core theme in her art.

Bockler's work deeply references themes of domestic identity and explores the often undervalued nature of historically "women's work". The painstaking labor implied in preparing her lavish tablescapes is a coded feminine element that she uses to comment on patriarchal control and oppression. She also incorporates classical allusions, referencing Roman mythology and goddesses like Diana to explore autonomy and sacred space.

A graduate of Parsons School of Design in 2011, where she initially studied fashion design, Bockler is largely a self-taught painter who shifted her focus to painting after graduation. Her unique approach has garnered significant attention, leading to solo exhibitions at prominent galleries in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Montreal. Beyond the gallery world, her illustrations have appeared in publications such as Interview Magazine and Marie Claire, and she has created textile motifs for fashion brands like Altuzarra. Her work stands out for its masterful detail and ability to reflect on centuries-old art while discovering new avenues for contemporary interpretation, making her a compelling figure in the modern art world.

Megan Ellen MacDonald 'Permanent Impermanence' Print Available

Artist: Megan Ellen MacDonald
Title: Permanent Impermanence
Medium: Digital Giclee Print
Size: 18 x 24 Inches
Edition: 40
Price: $200

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*matte varnish layer screened over top of the giclee print.