McLean is a self-taught figurative and abstract painter known for her portraits and statement pieces.
A storyteller at heart, McLean's paintings are narratives of her own journey and psyche, and influenced by the stories of famous literary heroines. Sensual, spiritual, and greatly inspired by the Hero's Journey, these pieces follow a protagonist, Every Woman; her birth, suffering, contradictions, growth, lovers, and ultimately, her death. She paints in acrylic, oil, watercolor, and ink.
All artwork in the shop below is one-of-a-kind and can be shipped globally.
Contact her to commission your own artwork, or to book your own live event painter for private or corporate events.
A storyteller at heart, McLean's paintings are narratives of her own journey and psyche, and influenced by the stories of famous literary heroines. Sensual, spiritual, and greatly inspired by the Hero's Journey, these pieces follow a protagonist, Every Woman; her birth, suffering, contradictions, growth, lovers, and ultimately, her death. She paints in acrylic, oil, watercolor, and ink.
All artwork in the shop below is one-of-a-kind and can be shipped globally.
Contact her to commission your own artwork, or to book your own live event painter for private or corporate events.
ART SHOP
Cassandra, 40" x 20"
$1,950.00
Mixed media (oil and acrylic) on stretched canvas.
40" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
Named for the prophet Cassandra from greek mythology, the Trojan priestess cursed with the gift of foresight, this fiery piece can be described as inspiring, empowering, vidid, and daunting.
Series: Meliorism
Element: fire
Chakra exploration: third eye
*The sides of this painting are unfinished, as the paint splatter was too delicious to paint over.
Azazello, 48" x 30"
$2,600.00
Oil on stretched canvas.
48" tall by 30" wide by 2" deep.
The companion painting to Ophelia, Azazello is a true statement piece on its own. Impressive in size, with bold, textured brushstrokes, this earthy and dramatic painting is named for a vampire in Russian folklore.
Series: Meliorism
Element: earth
Chakra exploration: root and sacral
Ophelia, 48" x 24"
$3,200.00
Mixed media (oil and acrylic) on stretched canvas.
48" tall by 24" wide by 2" deep.
This watery companion piece to Azazello is named for Shakespeare's doomed female counterpart to his Hamlet. This large statement piece is feminine, sensual, incredibly textured, and quite simply a work of art.
Series: Meliorism
Element: water
Chakra exploration: throat and crown
*The sides of this painting are unfinished, as the hand print was just too interesting.
48" tall by 24" wide by 2" deep.
This watery companion piece to Azazello is named for Shakespeare's doomed female counterpart to his Hamlet. This large statement piece is feminine, sensual, incredibly textured, and quite simply a work of art.
Series: Meliorism
Element: water
Chakra exploration: throat and crown
*The sides of this painting are unfinished, as the hand print was just too interesting.
Titania, 30" x 24"
$1,950.00
Oil on stretched canvas.
24" wide by 30" tall by 2" deep.
Inspired by the fairy queen of the same name from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, this super textured oil painting is romantic, airy, and mesmerizing to the mind.
Series: Meliorism
Element: air
Chakra exploration: heart and solar plexus
Thomasina, 48" x 60"
$5,000.00
Mixed media on stretched canvas.
48" tall by 60" wide by 2" deep
Named for the female protagonist in Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia, Thomasina explores The Chaos Theory. The first in the In Private series, painted during quarantine in March of 2020, this piece examines each chakra and their response to the lockdown. On the viewer's left is McLean's child self, surviving.
Alice, 24" x 18"
$2,250.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
24" tall by 18" wide by 2" deep.
Whimsical and mysterious, this painting begs to be explored close up. The juxtaposition of the bright colors and flirtatious florals combined with the deep sadness within the eyes of the young woman bring questions to everyone who looks upon her.
Series: Meliorism
Maryam, 36" x 36"
$2,050.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
36" tall and 36" wide and 2" deep.
This large figure painting is impressive in its brave application of the primary colors, blue, red, and yellow. The androgynous features and expression shift from masculine to female, from fatigue to resolve, challenging the viewer to bestow upon the face their own self.
Series: meliorism.
36" tall and 36" wide and 2" deep.
This large figure painting is impressive in its brave application of the primary colors, blue, red, and yellow. The androgynous features and expression shift from masculine to female, from fatigue to resolve, challenging the viewer to bestow upon the face their own self.
Series: meliorism.
Young Hero, 40" x 30"
$2,600.00
Mixed media (oil and acrylic) on stretched canvas.
40" tall by 30" wide by 2" deep.
Young Hero is a portrait of a close friend of McLean's. This collaboration of model and artist tells the story of exhaustion the young black man in America faces. Here we witness a moment of meditation, as he leans on a window by his bed, building himself back up again.
Series: meliorism.
40" tall by 30" wide by 2" deep.
Young Hero is a portrait of a close friend of McLean's. This collaboration of model and artist tells the story of exhaustion the young black man in America faces. Here we witness a moment of meditation, as he leans on a window by his bed, building himself back up again.
Series: meliorism.
Th'inconstant Moon, 20" x 20"
$3,000.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
An intimate portrait of a lover. The moon echoes his own waxing and waning, and the title remembers Juliet's plea in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, "O swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon".
Series: In private.
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
An intimate portrait of a lover. The moon echoes his own waxing and waning, and the title remembers Juliet's plea in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, "O swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon".
Series: In private.
Faded, 20" x 20"
$1,300.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
An unassuming, sensual representation of the battle between technology and nature. The young woman clings to her phone as the world changes around her, enveloping her. The sacral and throat chakras are brought to our attention, asking important questions about what drives our need to express ourselves.
Series: Meliorism
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
An unassuming, sensual representation of the battle between technology and nature. The young woman clings to her phone as the world changes around her, enveloping her. The sacral and throat chakras are brought to our attention, asking important questions about what drives our need to express ourselves.
Series: Meliorism
Morning, 20" x 20"
$1,500.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
A delicate and subtle figure painting, Morning plays with light using feminine hues and curves. A soft, small piece, with colors and form very pleasing to the eye.
Series: Nudes
20" tall by 20" wide by 2" deep.
A delicate and subtle figure painting, Morning plays with light using feminine hues and curves. A soft, small piece, with colors and form very pleasing to the eye.
Series: Nudes