'Sunset Forest' by Meagan Pelham in collaboration with Phil Sidney
Meagan Pelham is the ultimate romantic, someone who creates and lives by a philosophy of true love. The imagery in her artworks invites audiences to see the world through rose-coloured glasses and to embrace moments of beauty that surround us. Meagan uses delicate line work to depict emblems of devotion and delight, including wedding cakes, red roses and love-heart-shaped cocktail glasses. Her favourite subjects are her signature ‘love owls’, which she draws in pairs to signify how they are the most romantic of animals.
Meagan Pelham b. 1986
Meagan is a multidisciplinary artist practising painting, poetry, drawing and performance. She was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize with her watercolour portrait Romance is LOVE, depicting friend and collaborator Anna Plunkett of Australian fashion label Romance was Born. Meagan has exhibited work at Maitland Art Gallery, Spilt Milk, Sydney Contemporary, NSW Parliament and Sub Base Platypus North Sydney. In 2020, she was a key artist on Love owls and mermaids singing in the rainbow pop, a monumental mural at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in 2022, she was awarded the Liberty Specialty Markets art award, funding a year-long fashion focused mentorship with Tanja Bruckner.
