Meet the Artists - Megan Yeo

Megan Yeo works in varied medium including embroidery, painting, works on paper and photography.

For Jehanne's Alchemists, she decided on a Fuji camera that takes little instant photographs the same as the Polaroid Instamatic of days past to keep in theme of the early 1970s when the book was written and set.

Hello Sausage by Megan Yeo 2012 (edition 1/1 Lambda print 27x42cm from original Polaroid-type photograph)

Pumpkin by Megan Yeo 2012 (SOLD edition 1/1 Lambda print 27x42cm from original Polaroid-type photograph)

C-Harmony by Megan Yeo 2012 (edition 1/1 Lambda print 27x42cm from original Polaroid-type photograph)

 Out to Pasture by Megan Yeo 2012 (edition 1/1 Lambda print 27x42cm from original Polaroid-type photograph)

setting up a group show

Toward the end of 2010, I attended a group show in Balmain, Sydney Australia to have a look at Edwina Wrobel's work.  Of the more than a dozen works she presented, a number featured images influenced by Thomas Keneally's story, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.

Such a brutal story, I thought and it occurred to me that I'd like to see what she would come up with another of Thomas Keneally's books called A Dutiful Daughter.  This novel, published in 1971 I'd read over 25 years ago & liked it so much that I've kept it in my library, ready to lend it to anyone I thought would find it as good as I did.

Maybe, I thought, Edwina would be interested in creating some paintings to do with A Dutiful Daughter.  I mentioned the novel it but she hadn't read it and seemed a little distracted; it was, after all, her group show opening and her birthday.  So I put the thought to one side.
I then thought of another good friend, Megan Yeo, an artist who works across a number of mediums and when I lent her some DVDs to watch, I included the book as well.  She gave it back, saying she couldn't get into it.  This is often the case when someone foists a book on you so I was a little disappointed but didn't mind.
Still thinking about the marvelous & perverse images an artist could come up with, I decided I would do something myself.
At the beginning of May 2011 I attended "Showdown" - a group show curated by Peter Fay at Sheffer Gallery and I think it was here that I experienced a subconscious notion to organise a group show myself and that way I could get both Edwina and Megan to participate (knowing they would find it hard to say no to me if asked).

That was it then, I visited Andrew Purvis at Sheffer Galelry one Friday afternoon and discussed my idea - I had already put idea to Edwina & Megan and had their verbal support along with a friendly okay from Mr Keneally himself.
I couldn't ask for a better incentive than that!

links:
Edwina Wrobel: http://artzinephotography.blogspot.com/2010/10/edwina-wrobel-artist-in-group-show.html
Megan Yeo: http://meggsyeo-art.blogspot.com/
Peter Fay: http://peterfaygalleries.com/
Sheffer Gallery: http://www.sheffergallery.com/menu.html
Thomas Keneally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Keneally
A Dutiful Daughter: http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/keneally/daughter.html