Postcard from Minnesota

June 17, 2006

2013-05-20T15:30:00.000-07:00

A watercolor for an upcoming anniversary, featuring a parrot tulip, white rose, and white and green hydrangeas.

Hindu Wedding

2013-05-04T15:01:00.000-07:00

My friends Vijay and Ame commissioned this painting in celebration of their marriage. They were married at a Hindu temple in Huntsville, Alabama. It was a clear, sunny day in December, 2011. Hindu weddings are complex and beautiful. I enjoyed picking out my favorite parts of the ceremony to include in the composition.
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

Hazel Marie

2013-04-26T16:21:00.001-07:00

A watercolor for a friend's new baby girl. The flowers are an interpretation of the Chinese Witch Hazel flower.
Watercolor, 5 x 7

Marjorie

2013-04-24T16:18:00.000-07:00

I was very honored to paint these azalea's in memory of Marjorie.
Oil, 8 x 10

April 6, 2013

2013-04-22T16:16:00.000-07:00

Flowers from a recent wedding.
Oil, 5 x 7

Cherry Tree series

2013-04-21T18:55:00.001-07:00

Oil paintings in progress...

September 27, 2013

2013-04-18T16:15:00.002-07:00

Flowers for a wedding this fall. I'll be working on invites that feature this painting, too.
Oil, 8 x 10

01.13.13

2013-03-13T19:55:00.001-07:00

Personalized with a pair of black cats...
Commemorate the Date, 5 x 7, oil

May 26, 2012

2013-01-30T12:13:00.002-08:00

This painting commemorates a lovely wedding Patrick and I attended last Memorial Day weekend in Brooklyn. I like to think I have a good excuse for why it took me so long to complete...
Oil, 8 x 10

Fall

2013-01-11T18:43:00.000-08:00

Yamada Cherry Tree, Fall — color study

Summer

2013-01-10T18:42:00.000-08:00

Yamada Cherry Tree, Summer — color study

Spring

2013-01-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

Yamada Cherry Tree, Spring — color study

Winter

2013-01-08T18:40:00.001-08:00

I have a new 4-piece commission to get me in the swing of painting in 2013. The composition and color sketches are complete, so I will be starting the oil paintings soon.

Yamada Cherry Tree, Winter — color study

2013 Wall Calendar

2012-11-16T13:50:00.000-08:00

Commemorate the Date was featured in the 2012 Minneapois Star Tribune Gift Guide. We couldn't be happier, or more proud, to be featured alongside such amazing local artists.

Order here!

Calendar

Megan Moore was already painting flowers and dates in honor of wedding, anniversaries and other landmark occasions, so "it just made sense," she realized, to expand the line to include a Commemorate the Date calendar with floral illustrations, $30.

"It's just another way to make the artwork available to everyone," Moore said, who began the Minneapolis company three years ago.

The calendar is 5-by-11 inches on heavy, spiral-bound stock. It features oil paintings she created for clients in her signature bold style, with a short line providing the background story.

This is the second year for the calendar and the third for Commemorate the Date. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a special affinity for painting flowers, Moore's inspiration began when she painted flowers for her own wedding invitations. A few years later, she created a similar motif for a wedding of some friends.

Moore realized other people would be interested in having paintings commemorating special events in their lives. Her paintings generally feature flowers and the date of the event (the date is cropped out of the images on the calendar).

Moore paints with watercolors as well as oils, basing the design on either a requested photo or other reference materials. She can paint in specifically requested colors, or choose colors that come naturally to those particular flowers.

The calendar and other products are available at ArtiCulture in Minneapolis, the Artist Mercantile in St. Paul and on Moore's website, www.commemoratethedate.com.

South Minneapolis House

2012-11-14T15:39:00.000-08:00

This is the first painting I have completed since Asher's birth! This is a 5 x 7 watercolor that was commissioned. I have to admit I feel proud of myself for having it completed ahead of deadline. And I should thank the commissioners for getting me back at the draft table with paper and paint. AND I have to thank Asher too, for taking two long naps yesterday.

October 13, 2012

2012-11-13T15:35:00.002-08:00

This is the last painting I completed before Asher was born on 9.30.12. In fact, I finished it the night before my labor started. I remember thinking to myself: now that this is finished, I am ready anytime. I didn't realize it would only be hours later that Asher would be on his way.

Black-Eyed Susan Bouquet

2012-08-24T15:35:00.000-07:00

Another 8" x 10" oil painting.

Purple Cala Lilies

2012-08-23T15:32:00.002-07:00

I finished two Commemorate the Date paintings this week, just in time for the weekend weddings. This is an 8" x 10" oil painting.

Red Lilies for 10 Years

2012-08-09T16:04:00.004-07:00

This recently completed Commemorate the Date oil painting is 11" x 14," framed to 16" x 20."

9.1.12

2012-07-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

Lilies and Roses for a couple getting married at the end of the summer.
Watercolor, 5 x 7

July 4 bouquet

2012-07-16T08:20:00.001-07:00

A second anniversary present, just completed last Friday.
Watercolor, 5 x 7

Red Wing Art Festival poster

2012-07-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

Here's the poster/postcard design they made for the Red Wing art festival, using my painting of Frontenac State Park. However, I won't be at the festival this year. The event weekend is just one week after my due date, so I hope to be at home with a baby boy at that point.

Vietnam Center Mural

2012-07-09T10:27:00.002-07:00

The completed mural! It's on the Vietnam Center building at 1159 University Ave, St. Paul. Be sure to check it out when you ride the light rail past it, in 2014.

Patrick the Painter

2012-06-26T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here's one more shot of the mural in progress. My husband, Patrick, finished the top edge which was out of reach for me and too high for me to feel comfortable on the ladder with my belly getting bigger every day. He did an amazing job, both in painting and in being willing to take minute direction from me. :)
The mural is now complete, and I will post photos when I have them! In the mean time, you can always brave the light rail construction and check it out in person at 1159 University Ave, St. Paul.

New mural

2012-06-17T16:15:00.001-07:00

I have started work on a new mural. It is located at 1159 University Ave in St. Paul on the Vietnam Center. This project is funded through an organization called Irrigate. Here is how they describe themselves:
Irrigate is an artist-led creative placemaking initiative spanning the six miles of the Central Corridor Light Rail line in Saint Paul during the years of its construction. Artists collaborate with businesses, organizations and community groups to change the landscape of the corridor with color, art, surprise, creativity and fun.
I have spent a lot of time pursuing grants in the past couple of years, and almost didn't realize that I had attained my goal of grant funded work with this project. I had always envisioned that grant work would be a more personal, in-studio project. But I am pretty proud of this project that will most likely be viewed by many more people than most of my paintings.
Irrigate works with artists who have a connection to the community in St. Paul. My connection is my framer who is located in the Vietnam Center (NGT Framing—I highly recommend him!). I worked with members of the board's center to get support for my proposal and define the subject matter, which is the One Pillar Pagoda (a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam) surrounded by lotus blossoms. I am in my second trimester of pregnancy, and the board and Tu, my framer, have been very helpful in making the process as easy as possible for me. I hope to finish the mural in the next couple of weeks, if the weather will cooperate. It's been a bit on the rainy side the past week.