Artist of the Drop
Artist of the Drop
We fell in love with Megan Rea’s work, and are thrilled to spotlight her as our Artist of the Drop.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil on handmade paper, wooden mount.
49 x 34 x 3 cm.
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By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil on handmade paper.
40 x 29 x 0.8 cm
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By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil and acrylic on handmade paper.
20 x 29 x 0.4 cm
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The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
— Megan ReaMegan Rea (b. 1993) completed her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds of London Art School last September, having graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art in 2016. Previous solo exhibitions include ‘The Hands That Feed’ at Stellar Highway (New York, 2024), ‘The Calling’ at Arusha Gallery (Edinburgh, 2024) and ‘The Bricks That Build the Houses’ at Copeland Park (London, 2020). Exhibition highlights include ‘All The Small Things’ at Soup Gallery (London 2025), Depot Art Fair with Brooke Bennington (Oxford, 2025), RSA New Contemporaries (2017).
By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil on handmade paper.
30 x 21 x 0.8cm.
Shipping: Orders will be dispatched within 2 weeks of the order being placed; delivery times will vary.
By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil on handmade paper. Unique.
55 x 55 x 0.2 cm
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By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Oil on handmade paper.
20 x 29 x 0.4 cm
Shipping: Orders will be dispatched within 2 weeks of the order being placed; delivery times will vary.
By artist Megan Rea.
Drawing on a familial tale of buried money, alongside frescoes encountered during a scholarship in Florence, Megan Rea’s fragmented paintings merge personal myth with historical imagery. Building surfaces from her pulped sketchbooks, Rea excavates her paintings, carving through layers that are built, buried and worn away. The surface becomes a site of concealment and discovery, where fragments emerge and disappear, evoking the erosion of memory and the traces left behind.
Aquatint and etching on Somerset paper.
Limited Edition of 6 + 2 AP.
38 × 28 cm.
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