About Magan
Baltimore City
A self-taught artist, Magan has been a long time resident of Baltimore City, Maryland, where she spent over 15 years with the Children’s Museum in Baltimore. She re-directed her path to become a certified master naturalist, professional artist, and informal educator. With a diverse interest in subject matter, Magan hopes to evoke connections from the human-created world to the world living and breathing all around us. She highlights her travels, her love of the natural world, and folk… more
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Abstract/Naturally
As a naturalist, the smallest elements in nature focus sharply, while backdrops blur and become a nest of feeling. The hoof of a deer, the twirl of a vine, these are the things that stay with me. By sharply seperating these details from their greater canvas, I hope to remind the audience that the smallest moments are sometimes the most memorable.
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Mangrove Seedlings4"x6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
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One Mangrove4"x6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
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Sea Rocket on Empty Beach.jpg6"x8" Gouache and Pencil on Cold Pressed Paper 2018
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Trumpet Honeysuckle in Fall.jpg6"x6" Gouache and Pencil on Cold Pressed Paper 2017
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Americn Beach Grass.jpg5"x2" Gouache and Pencil on Cold Pressed Paper 2017
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Crows in the Cornfield4"x 6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
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Key Deer at the Big Pine Cabin4"x 6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
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Big Pine Key Watering Hole4"x6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
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Key Deer Swimming4"x6" Gouache & Graphite on Cold Press Paper
Border Crossings
Work as a naturalist, educator, and artist, collide to create a collection that show human patterns, borrowed from the environment, creating unatural boundaries where there should be none. I believe that patterns are a thing that bind us together. They follow us across continents, weaving themselves into our culture to tell our stories. Patterns are way to remind us to reconnect to nature and reiterate that we are one race - human.
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Missing Mexico in Quarantine16" round acrylic on canvas; 2021; Based on traditional patterns: 'sunshine & shadow' and 'ocean waves' variations Selected for display by Maryland Art Place and sold at Under $500
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American Love StoryPainted as a commission for friends who, to me, represent a perfect vision of our country. A black man whose family roots lie in North Carolina slavery and an Indian woman who is the daughter of immigrants. They are now a corporate lawyer and director the New Jersey Transit System, respectively, and raising their son in their 1920's New Jersey home. 48"x60" Acrylic, charcoal, aerosol, with hand-cut stencils on canvas.
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Monstera in Hana8"x8" acrylic on wood panel Based on my time in Maui, Hawai'i and native Kapa patterns. Two patterns are represented: the interlocking triangles symbolizing the connection of our worlds culture and peoples and Kanaka which represent family.
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Sunset on the 4th in Maui8"x10" acrylic on wood panel This consists of three Kapa patterns from native Hawai'i. Mauna - honoring Hawaiis mountains. Niho Ku - representing the jagged lava rock coastlines. And Kaimana - mimicking the Hawaiian night skies. A landscape painting of Baldwin Beach, Maui rests in the center. A place were many locals spend their days surfing and relaxing in the Pacific Island sun.
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View from Upcountry, MauiThe view from of the center of Maui where one can see the waters almost meet. The kapa patterns are native to Hawai'i and represent the path of the warrior, family, and the sharing of cultures. 20"x20" Acrylic on canvas 2019
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It All Began With Chicory16" x 20" Acrylic, Charcoal, and Spray Paint on Board with Original Stenciling
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Border Crossing #212" x 12" Acrylic, Charcoal, and Spray Paint on Board with Original Stencils
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Pipeline12" x 12" Acrylic, Charcoal, and Spray Paint on Birch Bark with Original Stencil
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Birds in the Air5" x 7" Watercolor on Cold Press Paper
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Migration10" x 20" Acrylic, Charcoal, and Spray Paint on Canvas with Original Stencil