Portfolio

Where Landscapes Breathe and Stories Unfold

Step into a collection of paintings that trace the rhythm of mountains, trails, and quiet moments between breaths. Each piece reflects Megan Parker’s deep connection to nature and her journey with chronic illness — transforming strength, vulnerability, and wonder into vivid, flowing brushstrokes.

  • Artist Megan Parker standing surrounded by her “Portraits of Strength” series — mountain-inspired acrylic paintings symbolizing resilience and the journey of living with cystic fibrosis, capturing the emotional peaks and valleys of chronic illness.

    Series: Portraits of Strength

    “Portraits of Strength” is a series of mountain-inspired paintings that symbolically mirror Megan’s journey with chronic illness. Each peak embodies the resilience, endurance, and quiet strength required to live with cystic fibrosis - a visual story of struggle, perseverance, and the beauty found within.

  • A vibrant landscape painting series in acrylic — part of Megan Parker’s “Stories from the Trails” series inspired by life with cystic fibrosis and recovery after a double lung transplant, celebrating resilience through outdoor adventure and art.

    Series: Stories From the Trails: Unlikely Adventurers

    “Stories From the Trails: Unlikely Adventurers” presents a moving collection of outdoor-adventure paintings that pair real moments on the trails with the hidden challenges of chronic illness, depicting the lived reality of those affected by Cystic Fibrosis. Through bold landscapes and courageous narratives, the project invites empathy by highlighting the resilience that comes from invisible struggles.

  • Minimalist landscape paintings of Canadian Rockies mountain ranges rendered in soft greens and blues on a natural wood panel, part of Megan Parker’s “Peaks and Valleys” series exploring chronic illness and healing.

    Series: Peaks and Valleys

    “Peaks and Valleys” is a personal art series that conveys the fluctuating experience of living with chronic illness. Through a collection of 8×10 inch paintings on wood panels, each piece references a mountain trail her family hiked — places she wouldn’t have been able to access during health setbacks.

  • Bold, contemporary acrylic landscape painting by Megan Parker depicting local Canadian Rocky Mountains of Banff and the bow valley, inspired by moments on the trails hiking and camping

    Landscapes

    Rooted in meaningful moments in the mountains, Megan’s paintings reflect the courage, connection, and enduring spirit found in nature and within ourselves.

    Each piece captures stunning mountains in her characteristic bold, contemporary style, evoking feelings of wonder and awe, reminding us of the quiet power of the outdoors.

  • “Brains” series by Megan Parker — bold, contemporary abstract paintings celebrating diverse brains, personal stories, and the reclamation of strength and resilience. Using MRI Brain images as reference photos. Multiple Sclerosis. Stroke. Encephalitis

    Brain Portraits

    Megan is not just an artist - she is also a practicing Occupational Therapist who has spent her entire clinical career specializing in neurology.

    Her “Brain Portraits” are a bold act of reclamation, using MRI images of brains with different neurological disease, but reimaging them to act as a tribute — colorful, bold, and proud — every story, every mind, every journey worth honoring.

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