My landscape and botanical artwork is rooted in storytelling, both visually and in words. Each of my pieces reinterprets or relates to history or literature in some way.

The Romantic period has become a touchstone for me—not only in style but in philosophic approach and artistic vision. Rare poet-painters like William Blake, and later Dante Gabriel Rossetti, believed in radical displays of artistic freedom, which often blurred the lines between words and images. Just as the Romantic artists and poets looked to the past to understand how it could shape their present moment, I look back at history and philosophy to spin tales into new emotional and social metaphors that speak to our contemporary moment.

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Meaghan graduated with a double major in studio art and English from North Central College in 2016. She received a master’s degree from the University of Rochester in 2022, where she studied British Romanticism and creative writing. She is also a painting instructor at DuPage Art League in Wheaton, IL.