Artist Spotlight - Megan Lightell

We are honored to spotlight tonalist painter Megan Lightell and her new collection of landscapes. Lightell begins her process in nature, taking a small "easel" or sketchbook into fields, along waterways, and in environmental refuges to make preliminary sketches “en plein air”. From there, she returns to her studio, transferring what she saw and, more importantly, experienced in an environment into a larger body of work. 

Heavy Clouds, oil on canvas over panel, 48 x 48 in.
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Nightfall, oil on canvas over panel, 48 x 36 in.
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Twilight Pasture Field Study, oil on paper, 6 x 4 in.
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Note: In 2025, Lightell began to explore “place” at night. In her own words - Part of our daily and yearly cycle, periods of darkness remind us that rest, stillness, and withdrawal are essential to the revival, new growth, and light that follow. In times that feel heavy and opaque, the night and the long dark season teach us to be still, to recover, and to remember that lighter days will return.

Twilight Pasture, oil on canvas over panel, 48 x 36 in.
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To see a video of Lightell sketching this work, please, click here.

Night Lake, oil on canvas over panel, 36 x 24 in.
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Deep Meadow, oil on canvas over panel, 24 x 24 in.
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Lightell received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. From 2022 to 2024, she was included in the Department of State's Art in Embassies program in the US Embassy to Slovenia.

Lightell's work can be found in private residences and public collections throughout the country. Her work is included in the collections of Vanderbilt University, Iberia Bank, The Turner Family Foundation, Music City Center, First Bank and the Ritz Carlton Dallas among others. Above Image: A family room with Lightell’s work “Afternoon Field”. Design by M. Steffens Interiors ; Photography by Ross Group Creative.

To see a list of all of Lightell's available work, please, click here. For inquiries or commission requests, please, email us.