Megan Swoyer
Watercolor Artist
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This 6 × 8 painting (watercolor with pen) features a little vignette on the east end of the island on Main Street. I love seeing how all the homes look during December. Many people live on the island throughout the year and embrace the season with cheery adornments, like on this home! This painting sells for $100. If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click here to contact me.
This 9 × 12 painting was a commission that a customer wanted me to paint. It showcases she and her husband’s special spot on the Grand Hotel porch, Mackinac Island. She surprised him with it for their anniversary. Mackinac Commissions are available. Message me at megan@waterloogroup.com or contact me on the contact page of this site.
The pots on the terrace at The Murray Hotel on Mackinac Island are stunning, especially with the green backdrop of the building. That color! This painting is 8 × 12 and sells for $100. If interested in purchasing this painting, email me at megan@waterloogroupcom or through the contact page on this site.
I used a few different techniques to create this watercolor, adding in acrylic, wax, spattering, and more! I wanted to capture the movement of the water more than anything. It’s inspired by a photo I took while on a Straits of Mackinac Sip ‘n’ Sail cruise, something I highly recommend! It’s 9× 12 and sells for $160. Click here to contact me me about purchasing this painting.
This approx. 6 × 8 inch painting was inspired by a pretty yellow house on Main Street on the water. This is just one little part of the home and gardens and I always love looking at it as I pass by. It sells for $110. If you’re interested in purchasing it, message me at megan@waterloogroup.com or contact me through the contact page on this site.
This painting is 8.5 x 5”. When standing at certain spots on Mackinac Island, Michigan, you can see both of these sentinels so well — they seem like Lake Sisters, to me. The blues of the Straits of Mackinac also impress and I tried to capture the merging of colors here. This painting sells for $65 and is available. If you’re interested n purchasing it, please click here to contact me.
This approx. 7 × 8 inch painting showcases the front porch on beautiful Metivier Inn on Mackinac Island. I love the color of the exterior, the little birdhouses, and the wicker furniture. So charming! This painting sells for $110. If you’re interested in purchasing it, message me at megan@waterloogroup.com or contact me through the contact page on this site.
Swathes and swathes of flowers greet visitors to Mission Point resort on Mackinac Island.In August it’s a veritable explosion of color and texture. I painted Essence of Mission Point after visiting the resort on an August bike trip called TipTop. I love all the windows that look out to beauty, water and passing horses and cyclists. I especially love their green-and-white umbrellas on the patios — you can see one in this painting. It’s about 8 x 11 and sells for $125. It’s also available in notecard. Click here to contact me me about purchasing this painting or notecard.
This painting is 7 x 10”. On a far end of the legendary Grand Hotel sits a little vintage corbel-style shelf that holds a beautiful red geranium. I love capturing small vignettes around this class hotel. It sells for $60. If you are interested in purchasing it, please click here to contact me.
“Summer on Round Island,” 8 3/4” x 11”, was painted after visiting the island in August. I just love this lighthouse and simply had to paint it. It also was the subject of a beginner watercolor class I taught. Everyone loves lighthouses and we all had fun painting this beauty. Bright reds and Great Lakes blues always play well together in the paint world, don’t you think? It sells for $150. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting, a print or notecard.
Round Island Light Days was started in spring 2018 at a pop-up I was in at Mackinac Island Artists Market shop. It was freezing cold that day and I sat in the shop and chatted with customers as I painted this August scene that I had photographed the summer before. It’s right behind the island’s library and a favorite spot of mine. I didn’t finish the painting there that day, but did later. A woman I chatted with that day in the shop called me to ask if I’d finished it and she purchased it saying it was an emotional special spot for her! I love making that connection with people through paints, brushes and water! This is also available in notecard and print.. Click here to contact me about purchasing a note card or print.
“Christmas on Mackinac, 9“ x 11/12”, was painted from a photographed by a woman who lives on the island and I asked permission to paint the scene as I’d never seen a night photo during the season that captured the island so well! The streets were empty, but lights were on inside some of the buildings that shone out to the street. The lampposts cast a pretty glow that was as warm as the glow from the Christmas tree. This painting sells for $150. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting or a print or notecard.
“Grand Hotel Window & Dahlias,” 6 1/2” x 8”, is a small vignette that I pass often when on Mackinac Island. I love to look in windows to see the hustle-bustle of island life and I think these dahlias like to look in as well. The whites of the building showcase the colors around it, including pinks and yellows. All that green screams mid-summer delight! This painting sells for $75. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting, a print or notecard.
This approx. 7 × 8 inch painting showcases the front porch on beautiful Metivier Inn on Mackinac Island. I love the color of the exterior, the little birdhouses, and the wicker furniture. So charming! This painting sells for $110. If you’re interested in purchasing it, message me at megan@waterloogroup.com or contact me through the contact page on this site.
Coneflowers LOVE Mackinac Island…not sure what it is, but they grow perfectly there — lake affect??? Mackinac Coneflowers is 7.5 “ x 11 ". It sells for $55. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting.
“St. Anne’s Church Overlook” was sketched from a bluff high above Main St., so you just see the top of the church and out to the Straits of Mackinac. The painting sells for $110, and is also available in notecard format. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting or a notecard.
“Flower Box Balcony” was sketched from a balcony at Mission Point resort, through the tops of flowers in a pretty flower box. You see out to the Straits of Mackinac from the balcony. Click here to contact me about purchasing the painting, which is about 6 “ x 10” and sells for $70.
This was just so fun to attend — the tree lighting on Makcinac Island, Michigan. Every year it’s the first Friday night in December, I believe. We’ve been two or three times. The tiny town glows with holiday spirit and all gather around the tree to sing carols and herald the season! I loved painting this after I was there the last time. I went downtown on Main Street to get a pic when no one was around. Silent and so pretty. You can feel Christmas when all is quiet and especially when looking at this charming tree. It’s 7 × 10 inches and sells for $120. (P.S.: It was the official holiday postcard for the Mackinac Arts Council in 2024! What an honor that was!)
If interested in purchasing this painting email me at megan@waterloogroup.com or contact me through the contact page on this site.