Meg Hitchcock is a painter and text-based artist living and working in the New York Hudson Valley.

 

She received her BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and studied classical painting in Florence, Italy.

 

Her paintings and wall sculptures are intended to draw the viewer into an internal state that transcends the need for salvation. Inspired by Byzantine icons.

 

This shift in perspective suggests an alternative to the Judeo-Christian paradigm, in which one’s attention is directed toward a deity located just beyond her reach.

 

The viewer is instead located front and center in the transitional space, where she is both the subject of the painting and the object of devotion.

 

“I combine sacred texts with painting, sewing, and burning, rendering a contemporary interpretation of an ancient tradition,” the artist shares.

 

“But instead of illuminating a long-established, patriarchal religion, I illuminate the state of awareness, the origin and destination of all religions.”

 

More of Meg Hitchcock’s amazing artwork can be found at https://www/meghitchcock.com