Lemon Print

It is said that everyone on earth has something to give or share. The idea behind Mine is Yours encompasses this. It never excludes, quite the opposite, it reaches out and welcomes people, no matter how much or little they know about art. At its most basic, stripped down message, Mine is Yours is a proclamation of sharing. The artist behind the Mine is Yours message is Megan Dorien. Her process is born out of moments in time. Like a photographer, she is inspired by these moments and realized early on that some moments require a suspension in time. Unlike a photographer, she can never be satisfied with a mere moment. She has an insatiable need to push the message further, to take the image and manipulate it to a place that feels foreign but comfortable at the same time. Sometimes beyond their recognized form, she paints these moments with a vulnerable spirit. To Megan, art is about honesty. It is taking a visual that’s in your head and conveying it in an honest way onto a surface. Because she understands that life is really made up of millions of moments, every piece that she creates forces her to reawaken her appreciation for life and the natural world. Megan resides and works in Peekskill, NY, a small artist community on the Hudson river.