About the Artist

Madalyn McLeod creates art inspired by nature, magic, and lore. Her work is characterized by delicately flowing line art, dreamy watercolors, and moody atmosphere.

She has been drawing all her life, and currently works with a variety of media - colored pencil, watercolor, gouache and ink. This approach creates layered expressions in her art.

Madalyn is from Asheville, NC and currently lives in Minneapolis, MN with her girlfriend and two cats. She is disabled, and because of this, she uses ambidextrous techniques to create art. When she isn’t drawing, she likes to immerse herself in a good story or explore nature.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2013 - BFA in Illustration from East Carolina University, in Greenville, NC

Publications

2023 - T-shirt design for Downtown Books & News
2022 - The Woven Path Tarot - Queen of Swords
2022 - Loaf Tarot - Queen of Cups
2023 - Colored Pencil Magazine - Gouache and Mixed Media with Colored Pencils’ , March issue
2021 - Infected by Art, Volume 9 - Sylph
2020 - ImagineFX - FXPOSÉ for Issue 192
2019 - Olde Fae Card Game - Seelie Mushroom Fae & Unseelie Mushroom Fae
2018 - Tiny Dragons Artbook by ArtOrder - Fly Away with Me
2018 - Spine Chillers: The Scarecrow by Nancy Gray
2018 - Hope by Richard Aab
2017 - T Shirt Design for Piratefest
2017 - The Heart of the Beast by Patrick Arthur Graff
2017 - First Marriage - Walrus - Album Cover
2015 - WNC Woman - Magazine Cover - May 2015 Issue

Group Exhibitions

2022 - Mystical Rhythms at Wow x Wow
2022 - Within the Static at Wow x Wow
2019 - The Devil at Izzy’s Coffee Den in Asheville, NC
2018 - The Dragon and the Unicorn at Izzy’s Coffee Den in Asheville, NC
2013 - ECU Undergraduate Exhibition at East Carolina University
2013 - The Schwa Show at Emerge Gallery and Art Center
2013 - Eccentrici-TEA at Greenville Museum of Art

solo exhibitions

2022 - Solo Exhibition at Union Hill Salon in Asheville, NC
2020 - Ink Witches at Raven & Crone in Asheville, NC
2014 - The Storybook at East Carolina University

AWARDS

2022 - 3rd place in Professional Fantasy Art at Chattacon Art Show in Chattanooga, TN.
2013 - 1st and 3rd Place Award in Illustration, 1st Place Award in Drawing, 2nd Place Award in Book Arts, and 3rd Place Award in Graphic Design in Rebel Arts & Literary Magazine Issue 56
2013 - 1st Place Award of Excellence in Illustration at 2013 ECU Undergraduate Exhibition

other notable credentials

Madalyn has been a member of the Changeling Artist Collective since 2019
Madalyn is occasionally featured on Every Day Original
Madalyn has made regular appearances at various markets, conventions, and festivals across the Southeast US. Some favorites are Dragoncon, SC Comicon, Greenboro Summer Solstice Festival, and the Blue Ridge Pride Festival.
Madalyn has shown her art at various galleries and shops in NC including Emerge Gallery & Art Center, ZaPow Gallery, Mountain Nest Gallery, A Walk in the Woods store, Downtown Books & News, and Art Garden AVL.
Madalyn has created art projects through Kickstarter. LE Large Sylph prints in 2020 & Lady of the Ivy enamel pins in 2021.