First Thursdays in the Arts District

"Everything is Going Fine..." | 66x61" | Oil on Canvas/Framed | $3600

Less than a week until First Thursdays in the Arts District.  I will have my studio open for a few hours so please stop by and say hi! Don't forget you can save 10% on any paintings purchased at the Megan Bell Studio now through July 31st! Get your coupon HERE!

I'll have my studio open Thursday, June 7th 6-8 pm!

Megan Bell Studio - Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson St NE, Studio 274, Minneapolis, MN 55413
megan@meganbell.net

Save 10% on all Megan Bell Paintings through 7/31/12!

Where to go for Art A Whirl 2012???

If you've been to Art A Whirl in the past or are a newbie this year - tell me about which places you have visited or plan to visit this year. As a regularly participating Art A Whirl artist I don't get a chance to visit other studios as much as I'd like. In fact, only once in the last 12 years I've closed down the studio to do the "Whirl" and that was 8 years ago.  I'm sure a few things have changed!  I'd love to hear which sites are "must-sees" this year.  Thanks!

Art A Whirl 2012 is here!

If you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, come on out to Art A Whirl and visit the Megan Bell Studio or any of the other hundreds of studio spaces open in NE Minneapolis this weekend!

I'll be at my studio all three days!
Friday, May 18th | 5-8 pm
Saturday, May 19th | 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 20th | 12-5 pm

I also have a piece in the NEMAA Silent Auction (http://nemaa.org/) on the third floor at the Northrup King Building (www.northrupkingbuilding.com). It's a great way to buy artwork at a deep discount while showing your support for the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association!

Hope to see you there!

Megan

Before and After

I've been looking at this painting now for quite awhile and thinking how I would paint it differently if I were to paint it again. Rather than stretch a new canvas to paint that painting, I painted OVER the painting!  Here is "A Waking Life Spent Dreaming..." before and after.

Before - 2009

After - 2012

New work in progress

I got a chance to spend a few hours at my studio today.  I started this 48x48" canvas shortly after finishing my recent commission. Whenever I work on commissions I get super antsy to work on my own work - in other words, something not for someone else but totally for me. I am not a painter that gets overly excited about the finished work but I LOVE the process of painting. That said, I kind of like where this painting is going.  Maybe this is the time I'll be just as excited about the finished product?  In the meantime, here are a few pictures documenting my progress on this newest painting...

March 17th, 2012
 I clearly had no plan with this painting and
it got off to a bit of a rocky start!

April 14th - 9:30 am

April 14th - 11:00 am

April 14th - 12:15 pm

May 5th, 2012 - FINISHED!

Commission Accomplished!

I've been waiting to use that line since I saw it on Modern Family awhile back...

Well I believe I am officially done with the commission I started in December.  I think it turned out well but would love feedback from others!

1st Panel

Panel 2

Panel 3

Panel 4

Panel 5