Foundations 2025 by Artsy: Raina Lee and Meghan Murray

LaiSun Keane (Boston, MA) is pleased to participate in the second edition of Foundations, an online art fair organized by Artsy live from July 14 to August 8, 2025. 

 

In this curated presentation, the gallery showcases the works of Raina Lee and Meghan Murray, who engage in a dialogue through their practices of interpreting photographs via the personal act of painting.

 

Raina Lee explores iPhone photos from a trip to Spain and converts them into small-scale ceramic paintings. Alongside her use of earthy and pastel colors, which mirror the colorscape of Spain, the compact depiction of these locations evokes the look and feel of a postcard. Due to the nature of ceramics, Raina Lee uses impressionistic brushwork, which then creates a dreamlike post-modern abstracted effect in the paintings. 

 

Meghan Murray reframes moments from vintage photographs in her paintings. She uses oil paintings to play with dramatic lighting and rich, vivid colors to reimagine the photographs. This approach transforms these images into powerful snapshots of society, gender roles, and domestic life. Consequently, blurring the lines between the past and present.