Megan Kinney

Lives and works in Cohoes, NY, USA

Artist statement

Megan Kinney creates collaged relief paintings that grasps on to the idea of nostalgia. In her art practice, she has a need to reconnect with her mother while focusing on healing and renewal. Her paintings center on revisiting moments of shared joy and love by recreating memories, while still respecting that those moments and feelings will always be in the past. This means the paintings are not a realistic representation of that time. As memories get shared through the years it changes and expands and becomes more spirited even when details get lost. All that matters is the joy- in her paintings she recreates the memories by abstracting and overlaying them using vibrant colors with simple shapes created by collaged fabric and paint.

Artwork

• Summer Nights, 2023. collaged fabric, gesso, acrylic on wood panel
• Tulip Memories, 2023. collaged canvas, gesso, acrylic on wood panel
• We complained but the memories are the best, 2023. Collaged canvas and corn husk, gesso and acrylic on wood panel
• I miss that feeling, 2022. collaged canvas, gesso, acrylic on wood panel
• Remember the Beauty, 2022. collaged canvas, gesso, acrylic on stretched canvas