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Fashion Illustration Gallery Auction 3

This past April I was so honoured to participate in the Fashion Illustration Gallery Auction titled Meow!. Ever since I…

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Part ✌🏼 of my afternoon with @LewisHamilton in Berlin with @RitzCarlton x @MercedesAMGF1 was an art walk through the city with internationally acclaimed German artist, Christian Awe 🤩🎨. Our first stop was at the East Side Gallery to learn more about the history behind the art at Berlin Wall (on the 30th anniversary of the fall no less) and then over to the Oberbaum Bridge for a view of the Molecule Man. I learned that Berlin has more canals than any other city in the world (!!) and that the grafitti world is divided by those who paste and those who spray 😝. It was so phenomenal to hear about the meaning behind so many of these landmarks that I had merely walked by this past August. I’m currently working on my 5 illustrations inspired by this trip to accompany all the content RC will be sharing in the near future and ALSO prepping for the final F1 race taking place in Abu Dhabi in just 2 weeks time 👏🏼!! So much more to come, my loves. I’m so grateful to share these #RCMemories with all of you xx MM #RCPartner

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My loves!!! So excited to share the very special person I came to experience Berlin with on behalf of @RitzCarlton: 6x F1 World 🏆@LewisHamilton in partnership with @MercedesAMGF1 gahhh 🤯🥳😝👏🏼!!! We talked all about how to navigate the highs and lows of an intense work/travel schedule, the importance of staying positive, most inspiring cities for street style and so much more. I researched and wrote each and every question from the ❤️. And knowing how much Lewis loves his dogs, I just had to paint him a little custom Moleskine with their faces on it for him to take on his many future trips. Swipe 👈🏼 to see his reaction and for a clip from our chat 🥰🏎🇩🇪🤗!! This was truly one of the greatest #RCMemories of my life. Thank you Lewis for being so open and kind and to my RC family for having me. I can’t wait to share more from our conversation and time together in Berlin and reunite/paint for the final race in the UAE in 2.5 weeks 👏🏼. Happy Sunday, darlings xx MM #RCPartner

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30,000 wishes, hopes and memories written on ribbons, float above us in the air today to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 🇩🇪. The moving installation (both literally and figuratively) is titled “Visions in Motion” by artist Patrick Shearn of Poetic Kinetics. I can’t believe that exactly 3 months after my first visit to Berlin, I’ve gotten to come back for work to witness such a remarkable occasion and art piece blowing in the air at Brandenburg Gate. A very big thank you to my dear @RitzCarlton family for orchestrating this art walk to reacquaint me with one of my new favorite cities!! xx MM #RCMemories #RCPartner

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Guten Tag, my loves!! I’m so over the moon to be back in Berlin this weekend on behalf of my @RitzCarlton family to interview/explore the art & culture of the city with a verryyyy special person!! I’ll be sharing everything with yous so soooon!! Eeek 👏🏼 Watch this space xx MM #RCMemories #RCPartner

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Stumbled onto this WILD 🌿 lil corner shop off Portobello Market the other day and paused in awe and gratitude 🇬🇧. I still don’t quite know what to make of the overwhelming feeling of love and appreciation I have for this city. Would I feel this way if I were here everyday? Or is it the impermanence of it all that fuels my obsession? Can a life really be split between two cities? I suppose anything IS possible! xx MM

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Hello from LONDON, my loves 🇬🇧☔️🧥!! It feels like I never left 🤗. In and out of the city this month to fly out for a very exciting 2-part partnership kicking off this Thursday morning!! I cannot WAIT to share more with you all. I’m not particularly good at keeping secrets hah 😝. More soon and sending hugs and kisses to you all, sweet friends xx MM

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One year I’m determined to go as one of my coloured paper paintings for Halloween 😝. Didn’t get to dress up with the craze of wrapping up my studio before flying today so think I better start planning next year’s costume now haha. Very exciting adventures coming up that I can’t wait to share with you all!! Happy Friday and first day of November, my loves xx MM

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It dawned on me today that painting is like being in conversation with myself. I discover more about who I am with every brushstroke, quirk, perceived mistake, and triumph. Sometimes it’s painful and defeating and other times it is euphoric and sublime. I’ll never know why or how this profession chose me but what I do know is that I can’t escape it. I remember being in my last year of high school, debating whether to study fine arts or finance in college, when my favorite art teacher said to me “Meagan, you cannot run from it (your painting) it’s who you are”. At the time I didn’t listen, and off I went to business school. But I quickly realized he was right and years later I found my way back. I’m far from where I hope to be one day with my craft, but I will not quit, and it will not leave me. As we grow and evolve, so too does our skill. This paint session was a little like therapy; checking in to see where I’m at today. Tomorrow, for better or worse, will be a slightly different picture from the last and what an adventure to be on 🙏🏼. Do you feel the same about your relationship with painting/your craft? xx MM

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Feathers & highlights 🦚✨ @prabalgurung. It has taken me a full week to bounce back from recent travels and switch gears from the analytical left side of my brain to the creative right side 🧠. It feels a little like going from stick to automatic (you follow my car analogy 😝?!). It’s a weekend for painting so I’ve turned off all other distractions to get down to it. Trying not to overthink these new pieces and just let it flow 🙌🏼. More to come and happy weekend my loves xx MM

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July 2009, I flew to NYC with my Dad to try and find my very first (shared) apt here in the city. I was about to start my Illustration AAS degree at FIT that September. The first stop we made on that trip was to see this very view, the iconic 6 storefront windows at @Saks. At that time, my former employer’s clothing designs were being featured in one of those very windows, and I beamed with pride to have had a small part in her journey. I only left the company in order to pursue my dream of becoming a fashion illustrator in New York. Fast forward to July 2019 and I’m illustrating those very same 6 windows for my @RitzCarlton family, featuring their unparalleled properties through a fashion-art lens. If that isn’t an example of the law of attraction at work, I don’t know what is 😭‼️ Here’s to always believing in the power of your dreams and taking those sometimes scary leaps of faith. You will never know unless you try!! xx MM #RCMemories

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I’m in a San Francisco state of mind 😝!! Over the MOON to finally share the 6 illustrations I created inspired by the @Saks x @RitzCarlton Window Displays from this past July!! It took 2 whole months to create these beauties with my RC family. We wanted them to feel as though you could walk straight through the windows into each exquisite property. To read my interview with Saks’ brilliant Visual Windows Director @RaylinDSuarez, and hear more about how I created these pieces, head to the link in my bio ❤️🎨. But before you do I’d love to know, WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE?! xx MM #RCMemories #Partner

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And that’s a wrap on the Tory Burch x TravelWriteDraw “Sketch Workshop” tour 🎬😭🎨✈️!! I’ve just opened the front door to my apt in NYC after 2 straight weeks of travel, bringing all the love I felt on this tour back home with me ❤️!! Needless to say I had the absolute TIME OF MY LIFE traveling to Toronto, Charlotte, Scottsdale, and San Francisco to meet all of you and share my love of art and the #ToryBurchFW19 collection. Thank you, THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart to each and every one of you who came out to support this week’s events. Some of you drove hours just to share this moment together and I’m eternally humbled and grateful 😭. Biggest thank you to the incredible @ToryBurch team for bringing me on-board for this partnership. I’m going to cherish what we shared together this week forever!! More exciting adventures just around the corner but for now it’s time to sleep 🛌🙇🏼‍♀️!! Love you all xx MM

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This Just IN: The San Francisco @ToryBurch x TravelWriteDraw “Sketch Workshop” is now FULL!! I can’t wait to see you all tomorrow. Original Caption: Attn SAN FRANCISCO friends!! I’m on my way to you 🤗. Join me tmrw for the last stop on my @ToryBurch x TravelWriteDraw “Sketch Workshop” tour, Sat Oct 19th from 2-5 PM, at their Stockton Street Boutique 🎨👏🏼!! I’m so excited to be wrapping my magical whirlwind tour with all of you 😘. Please RSVP to jacchen@toryburch.com to reserve your seat and can’t wait to see your sweet faces there!! xx MM #ToryBurch #ToryBurchFW19

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Hello my loves 👋🏼 checking in from the sky ✈️☁️ en route to Scottsdale, AZ for the next stop on my @ToryBurch x TravelWriteDraw sketch workshop 🎨👏🏼!! (Details of time and location are at the link in my bio). Presently I’m pulling together some of my art references for a new series I’ll be working on next week when I’m back in the studio and this one I created a little while ago really caught my eye. ALSO, I wanted to share a small tribute to my gorgeous model from yesterday’s class in Charlotte, Miss @KathrynHeynen (swipe left to see)!! We had such a blast and it was so much fun to share this with a group of mostly first time drawers!! Love, love, love sharing my passion for art with so many warm-hearted people across the globe. More updates soon xx MM

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Class is in session 😝🎨🙌🏼. Still so ecstatic by the turnout at Toronto’s @ToryBurch x TravelWriteDraw “Sketch Workshop” this past Saturday and grateful beyond words to everyone who came!! Excited to be ✈️ to Charlotte, NC today for the next stop of our tour!! Join us Tuesday Oct 15th from 1-4 PM at the SouthPark Mall store. We are nearly full in Charlotte so please make sure to RSVP to bbabyak@toryburch.com to reserve your spot in the class. Can’t wait to meet and make art with yous xx MM #ToryBurch #ToryBurchFW19

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Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadians celebrating today 🍂🍁!! This is my first time sharing Thanksgiving with my family in over 5 years 😩❤️ with my crazy schedule so needless to say I’m so grateful to be home with them!! My tour with @toryburch heads to Charlotte NC tomorrow but for now it’s time to eat, sleep, and play cards with my loved ones. Enjoy your Sunday, my darlings. Puppy inspired by @reesewitherspoon’s #pepperthefrenchie 🐾 xx MM