Focusing on the intersections of the human body, architectural space, and systems of care, Megan Marrin creates large-scale paintings that depict everyday architectural objects—such as showers, bathtubs, sinks, and medical equipment. Her work blurs the line between the functional and the symbolic, presenting stark, minimalist forms that evoke clinical environments while conveying intimacy, vulnerability, healing, and corporeal presence. Marrin employs a restrained palette and meticulous brushwork to emphasize texture, light, and surface, creating compositions that feel both austere and emotionally charged. By isolating these domestic and institutional structures, she invites viewers to reflect on how spaces designed for care and recovery influence our experience of the body and the passage of time. Her paintings balance abstraction and representation, transforming everyday architectural elements into metaphors for physical and psychological states. Through her work, Marrin explores themes of fragility, resilience, and transformation, encouraging a deeper contemplation of how environment, memory, and embodiment intersect. ...
