Megan Whitfield is a self-taught representational painter living in San Diego, California. Her award-winning work has been published in Plein Air Magazine, Artist’s Magazine and Modern Impressionist Magazine. Megan has developed a love for coastal scenes, wetlands, and maritime skies, which has been inspired by having lived surrounded by oceans, waterways and seascapes. While she grew up along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania, as the spouse of a Naval Officer, she has lived and traveled throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Pacific Seaboard for the last 16 years. Her paintings reflect a deep understanding of maritime environments and portray emotionally driven scenes of the shorelines of the rivers, harbors, and bays, which serve as the arterial waterways that give life to America. Since she began exhibiting her art in 2021, Megan has been accepted into numerous juried shows and won several awards in international fine art competitions. She is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, the American Impressionists Society, the Maryland Federation of Art, and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society.