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Megan Whitmarsh Feature by TheCreativeLives

The unique artist from California, Megan Whitmarsh, recently got together with TheCreativeLives for a short interview. Megan uses thread to create complex characters, routed in fantasy and social anxiety.

Fabric objects arranged on clear wall shelves, including a book, notebook, flower in a vase, glasses and illustrated cloth panels.

She draws inspiration from 1980’s American pop culture, also sourcing wild imagery from her intricate imagination.

Mrs Whitmarsh is also an accomplished soft sculptor, she created a mountain of replica trash which she found in her neighborhood. In this feature below we get to know Megan and travel along as she paints a massive 55 x 60 installation at the prestigious IVAM Museum in Valencia, Spain.

www.meganwhitmarsh.com

www.thecreativelives.com

A black-and-white patterned fabric tissue box with a gold-edged opening and a white cloth tissue protruding from the top. — Soft-sculpture tissue box by Megan Whitmarsh. Photograph: Aaron Farley; courtesy of Megan Whitmarsh

A rectangular fabric artwork with a pale border and layered black-and-white arms and hands, with visible stitched lines around the fingers. — Textile artwork by Megan Whitmarsh. Photograph: Aaron Farley; courtesy of Megan Whitmarsh