Banjo Bug

Meg Allan works in oil, graphite and charcoal and prefers to work in a layered, detailed manner. Forever a classical painting enthusiast, with strong influences from Bouguereau and Waterhouse, Meg’s work is steeped in layers of symbolism, myth, prose and spirituality.

Meg likens the creation of a painting to crafting a world within a world. The act of building an image becomes a kind of searching implement, resonating between the seen and the unseen, always with the aim to obtain a greater understanding of both.

Each work becomes an open conversation with the Zeitgeist, a world to get lost within, in order to gain fresh insights or re-interpret existing concepts. To stir thought and question perceptions of reality, comforting and healing from within.

Her paintings often depict subjects comprised of seemingly incongruous objects characterized as symbolic, which form a complex composite of elements and add a contemporary spin to often classical icons. Taillefer's work highlights our growing hybridization with technology, in which she depicts “machine-like” constructions. Her approach is to infuse primordial aspects of the human condition into these hybridized humans and animals, and seeks to remind the viewer of the inescapable nature of our being despite our increasing merger with technology.

Lacey is also the creator of 'The Slow Tarot', a full tarot deck and series published by Modern Eden Gallery in 2019. 'Flux' marks her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery.