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“The Baptism” at the Beacon Art’s Show | KuBe Art Center

The Baptism
Oil on Linen
16×20

In the wake of starting another painting, The Conditions of the Heart, I found myself drawn back to this image from four years ago, which sits with the depths of pain and how misery is simply the act of the old you dying, so the new you can be born. This is the baptism – the moment where you bare the nakedness of your wounds so you can forgive yourself and transform your suffering into wisdom. These wounds I did to myself in a fit of a panic attack many years ago.

I’m painting this as a prayer for all of those struggling in their dark places right now. Allow yourself to fail and grieve without shame. I believe, it’s only when you can sit in your misery in grace that you can begin to truly feel the gratitude of life.

ART SHOW
BEACON ARTS MEMBER SHOW
KuBe Art Center
November 2022

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Open Studios, Upstate Art Weekend, July 23rd + 24th

This weekend, Saturday & Sunday, I’ll be opening my studio for Open Studios, along with a few friends.

I’ll even be live painting a mural outside. Come out this weekend 12-6pm.

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Group Show “No Man’s Land” at Shockboxx, Los Angeles

One selected work will be featured in the upcoming art show “No Man’s Land” at Shockboxx (Hermosa Beach, CA). Art opening / Zoom opening is March 5th, 2022.

“Rose of Venus” Archival Pigment Print of the Oil on Wood Painting, 16×16

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Group Show “Madre” at Shockboxx, Los Angeles

Three selected works will be featured in the upcoming art show “Madre” at Shockboxx (Hermosa Beach, CA). Art opening / Zoom opening is May 5th, 2021.

“Bloodline” Oil & Charcoal Infused Oil on Wood, 20×30

original painting and limited edition prints available on Artsy in May

“Dawn” Archival Pigment Print, Matte Paper, 30×40

limited edition prints available on Artsy in May

“Unhinged, Broken, Open” Archival Pigment Print, Matte Paper, 20×20

(1) of 2 original prints available on Artsy in May

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Bridging the Divine – Posters Available for purchase

Limited Edition Posters available for purchase. 20×30 signed posters for $120

Please contact me for more information.

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“Bridging the Divine” new art series at Holistic Living Dec 4th 2020.

ART SERIES at Holistic Living “Bridging the Divine” starting Dec 4th.

Mind, body, spirit heals through the prism of energetic vibration, chemistry, and consciousness, an alignment understood by ancients for millennia. Our dis-ease occurs when we are misaligned from our divine. Shamans are the bridge, offering antidotes with a trinity of medicine: plant, animal, crystal. Combined, they weave a wholistic path to bridging the divine.

In this photographic and mixed media series, I curated collections of animal medicine, plants, and crystals to form antidotal offerings to the mind.body.spirit in crisis, thematically addressing the cycles of human evolution: the destroyer, the warrior, the dancer, the divine. Each medicine offering is a call to realign, channel wisdom, and elevate your vibration to divinity.

When sitting with these relics, collections from both @russritell and I, I considered the sacred masculine within me to lead the way. Recalling the grace of the shaman in my ayahuasca ceremony, the sacred masculine cultivates a safe space while expansively leading you towards your best self. There’s been so much revival of the sacred feminine; the world is ripe to witness the healed masculine.

This ongoing series of artwork and posters will be featured at Holistic Living with Dr Michael Dardano starting December 4th at 520 Main Street, Beacon, NY. His shop and collective just opened in Beacon – vitamins, herbs, organic skin care, reiki, acupuncture, massage, organic pet care, smudge kits, crystals, and more! Please stop in during the Hop and Shop this weekend or Second Saturday next weekend. I’ll be organizing a small art reception. Details to come!

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“Bloodline” | Painting My Grief: The Story & The Process

A year ago, I began the preliminary sketch of my second oil painting “Bloodline,” while sitting the BAU Gallery during my show “Without Fear and Full of Love,” an autobiographical story of domestic violence and my journey into healing told through a series of self-portraits and poetry.

Connected to an intimate poem about grieving, I drew in the influences of Dia de los Muertos. The sadness of miscarriage bleeds from womb to heart, turning your life upside down. The bees were my spiritual ally, not only in my painting, but in real life.

“Bloodline”
Oil and charcoal infused oil on Wood
20×30

“Honey bees cling to me, abandoning their hive and their queen. I wondered why until I saw your soul behind the wings. A lifetime to fill until you come back to me.”

~Meghan Spiro

Details on my painting process are documented below.

My Process

I took 20 years off from painting. Previously I focused on watercolor and acrylic, and only had dabbled in oils. So when I was ready to try oil painting, I consulted my partner Russ Ritell, who gave me some simple advice: The more detailed the drawing, the more successful the painting. So that’s exactly what I do. In this painting, my second, I decided to freehand the entire drawing, rather than using a grid system which I had previously done with my first painting. I started with the face, then outlines to the hand, then the flowers and body above. After finishing the illustration, I did a underpainting using burnt umber and raw umber. Then I started the painting.

This is the first coat.

Face detail on the second coat.

Flower Detail

Bloody Hand Detail

Upper body, flower, and bloody hand detail on the second coat.

Detail of bee, honeycomb, and orchids.

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“Bloodline”
Oil and charcoal infused oil on Wood
20×30

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“Gaia’s Crown” featured on Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

So honored that my entry for the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Award 2020 is featured on beautifulbizarre.net 🙏🏼 Thank you @beautifulbizarremagazine for featuring “Gaia’s Crown,” from my Bella Monnezza series. Feeling such gratitude. ✨

“Gaia’s Crown, Bella Monnezza”
Model: @freddya890
Compost Crown Styling & Photography: @meghanspiro

Our history is in our food; it embeds in our DNA. Gaia nourishes us with her abundance, and in turn we incubate her with our decay. Compost is our offering, letting our spoils be the fuel for the next harvest season. More than ever, Gaia is calling us back to balance, so please compost, pick up trash in nature, carry-in/carry-out, recycle, conserve energy. We are the stewards of nature. Earth Day Every Day.

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Women for Women, Illustration & Poem of a New Painting

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Women for women
Above all conditions
Dissolving competition
Weaving solidarity

Honesty creating intimacy
Intimacy creating trust

No man between us
No doubt deceiving us

Of our grace and strength
And compassion in sync

With the beat of the earth
And the swells of the waves

I give praise to my sistars
Who illuminate

The black waters of humanity
The tears of agony

That awaken the collective
To the threads all connected

So we may move in unison
Back to love

~Womb to World poetry series by Meghan Spiro

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“HELP FEED BEACON” ART SHOW, BAU Gallery

Help Feed Beacon

ART SHOW at BAU GalleryOpen Sat-Sun 12-6pm until Aug 2nd

View local hudson valley art and donate to the Beacon Food Bank. All artwork is for sale. I have two pieces up from my Bella Monnezza series. If purchased, I will personally donate 20% of the sale to the Beacon Food Bank. Please help support our local community.

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