A Palette of Paper - Collages by Megan Coyle
January 10th, 2012
The Center for the Arts, Caton Merchant Family Gallery in Manassas, Virginia will
feature Megan Coyle’s collage art in a solo exhibition called “A Palette of Paper.” The
art center consists of a theater, an art gallery, and classrooms that are located inside a
historic Candy Factory building in Old Town Manassas. Coyle’s show will display
portraits of people, animals, as well as landscape and cityscape collages. This will be one
of the first exhibits in the area that will showcase such a variety of Coyle’s subject
matter.
“A Palette of Paper” will showcase a group of collages that look like they were made
from acrylic or oil paint, when they were actually made from magazine strips. Each
creation is the product of Megan Coyle’s intricate efforts in cutting and layering paper. It
is only when you step up close to one of these collage “paintings” that you can pick up
on all the fragments of photographs, textures, and patterns that have been pulled from
magazine pages. This is the very reason why Coyle calls her technique “painting with
paper” – the process of manipulating magazine clippings in such a way that they
strongly resemble the brushstrokes in a painting.
The exhibit will open on February 8th, 2012 and run until March 22nd. Coyle will have
an artist talk on February 18th at 1:00p.m. If February 18th is a snow day, the artist talk
will be held on February 25th.
"A Palette of Paper - Collages by Megan Coyle"
February 8th - March 22nd, 2012
Artist Talk: February 18th (snow day: February 25th)
Megan Coyle is a practicing collage artist and designer living in Northern Virginia. She graduated
in 2008 from Elon University with a degree in painting and creative writing. Her work has been
featured in international publications like the Washington Post, Papirmasse, and Somerset Studio.
She has exhibited nationally in venues that include the Smithsonian Ripley Center, Art League
Gallery, Fisher Gallery, and Krempp Gallery.
PDF of A Palette of Paper 
