ABOUT

MEGAN JAMES IS A figurative and abstract painter.

Miami born, South Florida based artist Megan James, creates an ethereal nature-inspired aesthetic through her paintings of scenes like underwater clouds, desert sand and rhythmic ripples in the ocean. Megan expresses a unique language of natural elements through shapes, colors and textures in her collections. Adventures far and near are the fertile ground for inspiration, while her works serve as an invitation to the natural world and an inspiring addition to a contemporary atmosphere. Megan’s work is held in private and public collections across the globe through designer acquisitions, private commissions and most notably Sotheby’s. She has recently launched a print collection with HGTV host and designer Krista Alterman Watterworth and California design company Lulu + Georgia. Megan’s works have been featured in Kinfolk, Like the Wind and Vogue Paris, NYLON, Pure Green Magazine and more.

“The themes of my work revolve around both the stability and impermanence of the natural world and how it informs and relates to daily life, rituals, composition and time. My works about water explores breath, rhythm, and perspective, while my land based inspired works ask the viewer to delight in the somatic beauty of desert elements like warmth and tactile textures. A provocation to seek what is unknown in the natural world is the through line across all of my pieces.”