About the Artist
"There are artists who capture a scene, and then there are artists who invite you to step inside it. Meg Walsh has spent nearly two decades doing exactly that. A former National Geographic editor turned full-time painter, she brings a rare sensitivity to color, light, and atmosphere that feels both effortless and deeply considered."
With paintings drenched in light and color, Meg Walsh conveys the lush hues of nature with heartfelt honesty, inviting viewers into a world of serene moments that often pass unnoticed. Characterized by simplified shapes and limited values, her work has a strong abstract element while remaining firmly rooted in realism.
Meg has been recognized with numerous awards at national juried exhibitions and plein air competitions, and she is represented by galleries in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Her landscapes are featured in the book "100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic" and can be found in the collections of the Academy Art Museum, in Easton, MD, the National Institutes of Health, Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. A juried member of the historic Washington Society of Landscape Painters, Meg lives on the scenic Eastern Shore of Maryland and teaches painting at the Academy Art Museum.
Galleries
Main Street Gallery, 216 Main Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
Peninsula Gallery, 520 E Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958
R.H. Ballard Gallery, 307 Main Street, Washington, VA 22747
Trippe Gallery, 23 North Harrison Street, Easton, MD 21601
Juror: St. Michael's Art League show, June 2021
Falls Church Plein Air Festival 2012, 2015
Awards:
Second Place, Tonalism Today Exhibit, January 2022, Salmagundi Club, NY
American Impressionist Society Associate Online Exhibition, 2021 (one of 320 accepted from 1954 entries)
Best Landscape, Academy Art Museum Annual Members Show, November 2019, Easton, MD
Second Place, Nocturne: Paint Annapolis, June 2014, Annapolis, MD
Honorable Mention: Plein Air Richmond, June 2013, Richmond, VA
Honorable Mention: Emancipation and Freedom, juried exhibit, June 2011, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
First Place: Falls Church Plein Air Festival, May 2011, Falls Church, VA
Honorable Mention: juried exhibit, January 2011, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Award of Excellence: Out & About Norfolk, juried plein air event, October 2010, Norfolk, VA
Award of Merit: Out & About Norfolk, juried plein air event, October 2010, Norfolk, VA
First Place: Local Color, Plein Air Easton, July 2010, Easton, MD
Honorable Mention: Let There Be Light," juried exhibit, January 2009, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Honorable Mention: Scapes: International Landscape Exhibit, August 2008, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Honorable Mention: Plein Air Easton, July 2007, Easton, MD
Museum Purchase: Academy Art Museum, July 2007, Easton, MD
First Place: Mid-Shore Plein Air Competition, June 2007, Easton, MD
Honorable Mention: juried exhibit, September 2005, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Plein Air Competitions
Heart of the River Plein Air, Gloucester, VA 2017, 2019
Queen City Plein Air, Staunton, VA 2016
Bath County Plein Air Festival, Warm Springs, VA 2014
Piedmont Plein Aire Paintout, Highpoint, NC 2014
Paint Annapolis, Annapolis, MD 2014, 2018
Wayne Plein Air Festival, Wayne, PA 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
Mountain Maryland Plein Air, Cumberland, MD 2010, 2012
Easels in Frederick, Frederick, MD 2011, 2013, 2014
Out and About Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 2010
Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD 2007
