By Melissa Giuffrida - 21 Jul, 2021
If you know the work of Megan Morton, you know she has an eye for beauty and makes everything look good.
The diversity of her work reflects her love for her craft and is imbued with passion, always creating an elegant mood.
She is a stylist, a teacher, an author and an inspiration.
Here are some tips from Megan on creatives she admires and living with enthusiasm!
Describe your style in 6 words or less.
Megan: Exuberance with an underpinning of restraint
Which architects/designers/artists most inspire you?
Megan: Architect Dom Pandolfini. Studio Bright in Melbourne. I adore Hannah Tribe’s work. I love Paris’s Batiik Studio. There are too many interior designers and artists to list. I love so very many! I admire and love anyone whose talent speaks louder than their personal ego’s. This is the sweet spot for me. I love committed legendary modernists like Jan Van der Plogue and expressive upcoming painters like Angus white.
Jan Van Der Ploeg Painting No.21-20, Untitled, 2021, Acrylic on canvas. Image: https://www.facebook.com/studiojanvanderploeg
What is your most cherished piece at home? (furniture, art, lighting or decorative)
Megan: My home library is my most precious domestic asset.
Best piece of career advice you have ever received?
Megan: My mother told me to ‘never hide your enthusiasm’ and its a something I try to live by and hope I can instil in my children.
What are you favourites:
Favourite Instagram account/s you follow?
Megan: I think instagram is well and truly reached its capacity as an inspiring platform but I do hang around there for crumbs because talent is talent and its very obvious on Instagram what is good versus what is mediocre or just digital noise. I follow a lot of equestrian accounts, art accounts, makers, people making sauerkraut.
Favourite galleries or museums?
Megan: The Sculpture Park, Jaipur
Kyoto Costume Institute, Japan
Musuem Bourdello, Paris
White Rabbit, Chippendale
Michel François, Retenue d'eau (Retained Water), 2018 at The Sculpture Park, Jaipur. Image: carliergebauer.com
Favourite way to unwind at home?
Megan: In a bath with some vinyl on.
Favourite restaurant?
Megan: Seans. Bondi for dinner. Love Supreme for Emotional Pizza and amazing Italian wines. a1 bakery for Turkish coffee and pide when I am in Melbourne.
Favourite podcast?
Megan: I don't do podcasts anymore. There is just too much talking right now, not enough thinking. I dont like the idea of having to be always doing / listening/double doing i.e. listening while you do something else.
Favourite piece on Collécte right now?
Megan: The leather Ivano Redaelli hanging chair !
Megan Morton - meganmorton.com, Instagram @megan_morton
Main image - supplied by Megan Morton
