Meghan Hedley

Lives and works in Portland, OR

Artist statement

I am an interdisciplinary painter and installation artist, integrating my current studies of ancient and modern healing modalities with my art practice. Raised in Southern California and influenced for 31 years by the landscape of the west, I now live in Portland, OR. I received my MFA from Washington State University (2013), and a double degree BA in Fine Arts and BA in Philosophy (2010). I am currently pursuing a Masters degree in Chinese Medicine at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (2020) and am also a member of Los Angeles Art Association and preparing to participate in Portland Open Studios. I am on the Adjunct Instructor of Art roster at George Fox University, and I lead workshops and lectures in both art and Chinese Medicine. The worlds of art and medicine are inseparable for me. My work is a commentary on the full spectrum of aliveness, informed by a decade of philosophical and creative research into peace, reconciliation, and healing methods on individual, relational, local and global levels, including Rwanda, Uganda, and Northern Ireland, and moving toward my current studies of acupuncture, herbs, Shiatsu Massage and Cranial Sacral Therapy. I observe patterns and rhythms within nature and the inseparability of the body and mind. I carry this consideration of natural balance and homeostasis, attending to the timing, cycles, colors, chaos, celebration and order that the natural world holds. I parallel and connect these cycles of nature to the human...

Artwork

• When the Grass Bends, 2019. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• 100 Meditations, 2019. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• 100 Meditations, Detail, 2019. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• The Breath of Golden Stone, 2019. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Listening with the Desert, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Water as Vehicle and Voyage, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Felt Sense, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Felt Sense, Detail Image, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Time As Circle, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• How Do We Share the Air, 2017. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, tape on canvas
• The Receptive, 2017. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, tape on canvas
• Be Like the Sun at Dawn, 2016. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• The Color and Stillness of a Found World, 2018. acrylic paint, marker, oil pastel, pen, pencil on canvas
• Immediacy: collaborative drawing , 2017. oil pastel, tape, pen, pencil, marker on paper