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Living with art you love brings you happiness. An original work of art creates the focal point for your space that design alone cannot fulfill. Contact me to discuss your design project and I will help you complete the picture.
Yellow Irises, 30 x 30 x 2 inches.
My garden was filled with colorful irises this summer; I decided to paint them before to season passed and they became a distant memory. Irises symbolize faith, courage, hope, and wisdom.


Orange Irises, 30 x 30 x 2 inches.
Vibrant orange irises symbolize courage, bravery and passion. They are the perfect flowers to give someone who’s about to start a new job, move into a new home or do something else exciting!
Welcome to Meg Black Studio
Viewers often comment how much they love the texture in my artwork. My subject matter is nature, which is full of texture and color. These qualities create the emotional pull nature has on us. The medium I use is abaca, an organic fiber in the form of beaten pulp. When mixed with vibrant pigments, it allows me to recreate the many textures and colors of nature.
– Recapture the Emotion of Nature
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My Pulp Painting Process
Why paint with pulp? And what is pulp-painting anyway? The ”Pulp” I use is abaca, a fiber from the inner bark of the banana tree. It is extremely strong, acid free, and holds color beautifully. Another use for abaca fiber is to make rigging for sailing vessels and tea bags (ever wonder why yea bags don’t fall apart when dipped in hot water)? If you paint with oil on canvas, there is a good chance you are using abaca. Commercial canvas of the highest quality includes abaca fiber to ensure it is strong enough to be framed without glass. But why bother using this material when commercially made paint is available?
The answer is simple: texture. Nature imagery is my primary subject. And nature is full of texture. By using abaca that has a textured quality, I am able to recreate the many textures of nature in my work. From still ponds to crashing shorelines to fields of wild flowers, abaca allows me to recreate these textures on a 2D surface. My slogan “recapture the emotion of nature” comes from using this wonderfully textured material as my painting medium.