Megan Rilat
My name is Megan Rilat. I attended Herron School of Art in Indianapolis in the early 1990’s. While in art school I began my styIe of landscapes. My greatest influence were the modern painters of the 1980’s and the large paintings artists of that time painted. I love creating paintings that command the attention of the room. Making large, colorful paintings gives me the therapy I need after serving 20 years in the Army. I love other’s interpretation of my work. I believe it is important to allow others to find their own meaning of my work. I am also a third generation artist. My grandfather and mother painted realism.
About me…
Hope is about bright colors to try to reflect a better future. The landscape of Hope changes and morphs.
Hope 24” x 36” 2025. Oil on canvas. For sale $300
American Implosion, oil on canvas, 2023 (sold)
In American Implosion, the colors of the American flag are suffocated by the green greediness. The green squelching drives the red, white, and blue to it’s own implosion. This painting received Honorable mention in the Texas City art fair in 2023.
Wasteland 2023, 36” x 48”, Oil on canvas. For sale $400
This is Wasteland. It is 36” x 48”. Wasteland is my interpretation of loss and purposelessness. The landscape shows the dead ground and the fire that still burns in the center. Wasteland was designed to go off the page for the painting to feel endless. Wasteland has won three awards. Wasteland is for sale for $400.
Violent Skies, 2025. 36” x 36”. Oil on canvas. (for sale $350)
Violent skies is actually about my time in Afghanistan. The skies would light up in brilliant pink and yellow and reflected off the desert ground. In a war zone, something beautiful as a sunset can ease the stress. Violence in contrast with the a beautiful sunset is behind it’s name.
Violent Skies, 2025. Oil on canvas. 36” x 36”. For sale $400.
Myocardial Infarction (aka A Broken Heart). 2026. 48” x 60”. Oil on Canvas.
Myocardial Infarction is as the name implies. A broken heart and the death of cardiac tissue. The bright reds reflect the blood flow. The blue reflects how the only remaining oxygen fights to keep the tissue alive, but the heartbreak is too much to handle.
