The Art of Meighan Morrison

Artist Meighan Morrison in her studio in front of Untitled 22522, 108″H x 80″W x 1.5″D, ink and acrylic on linen.

Untitled 3624, 80″H x 90″W x 1.5″D, ink and acrylic on linen.

Untitled 1225, 62″W x 80″H x 1.5″D, ink and acrylic on linen.

Untitled 81923, 80″H x 36″W x 1.5″D, ink and acrylic on linen.

Untitled 101420 (Before We All Forgot), 36″H x 60″W x 1.5″D, ink and acrylic on linen.

In her quiet Connecticut studio, artist Meighan Morrison unspools large rolls of raw linen and heavyweight paper across the floorboards as she moves directly over the canvas. Working on her hands and knees—a physical, visceral gesture—she allows gravity, intuition, and
occasionally accidents to guide her work. There are no easels standing sentry here, no tidy palettes arranged by color gradient.

“The accidents or the unplanned is sometimes more interesting to me than the planned,” explains Morrison, whose paintings evoke a grounded, tranquil energy. “I try to respect that and really lean into the moment when the work begins to inform itself.”

That willingness to yield control fuels an extraordinary body of work defined by architectural clarity and emotional depth. It has also raised the profile of an artist whose large-scale abstract paintings are coveted by upscale interior designers and private collectors alike, drawn to her simplified monumental shapes juxtaposed within a tightly restrained palette.

Stark charcoal blacks anchor soft, chalky alabasters; rough, dry-brushed passages lie directly against smooth, velvety expanses of pigment. A study in quiet tensions—light against dark, bold against delicate—her work possesses a compelling balance of minimalism and soulfulness.

“The ideas sometimes formulate as the work begins to take shape,” Morrison adds. “I don’t always have a fixed idea of how I want it to unfold.”

A Chicago native, Morrison studied fine art at Boston University, Parsons School of Design, and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Before dedicating herself fully to her artwork, she spent decades applying her visual eye across creative disciplines, working in textile design, graphic design, book illustration, and interior architecture.

Her artistic lineage runs deep: her great-great-grandfather, Edmund H. Garrett—an acclaimed painter and illustrator—has work housed in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. And her great-grandmother, sculptor Clare Pfeifer Garrett, exhibited widely in Paris and London. Morrison’s own aesthetic evolved away from early figurative portraiture into pure abstraction that strips away narrative to focus entirely on form and balance. “The process of simplification allowed the unexpected to emerge,” she says. “I really feel like those organic forms led to some of my most rewarding compositions.”

Editor’s Note: To see more of Meighan Morrison’s work, visit mmorrisonart.com.