Megan in an cosplay as a teen age Anya from Spy X Family holding a pistol with a silencer while sitting on the Mandalorian throne.

About Megan

Hi!, I’m Megan Croft, the artist behind Meg X Craft. I love animals, art, music, and cosplay. Oh, I am also disabled.

Learn a little about me and the passion that drives my art below. Don’t forget to follow me on social! 🩵

Hey,

Like I said, my name is Megan Croft and I do all the art here at Meg X Pours. I learned to love art from my Nana, who has a history of painting, teaching art, and creating craft patterns. I started exploring art including pour paint as a young child.

Things changed when I was 15 and a half. It was just days from my half birthday and I was really looking forward to getting my learner’s permit. The day after Labor Day I walked into my class and told my teacher “good morning.” They tell me that I collapsed, hitting my face on the chair then the back of my head on the floor.

I don’t remember dying

I don’t even remember that morning. I can remember what happened the day before, but my next memory was weeks later. So I can only tell you what I’ve been told.

My doctor says I died over 20 times. That’s when she stopped counting.

The teacher, EMS crew, and ER team fought and wouldn’t give up. My dad says he heard someone say to the doctor, “It’s been over two hours. Someone needs to talk to the family.” But the doctor wouldn’t give up. She said so much, “I’m not ready to give up. Call cardiology. There has to be something we haven’t tried.”

Megan standing in rehab with the help of her mom and dad who are wearing "We heart Megan" tee shirts.
Megan on a purple, adaptive bike (trike). The bike has hand pedals and a single right foot pedal. It is purple and she is wearing a purple helmet and flannel.

How I lost my leg

They ended up putting me on ECMO. This is a machine that pumped and oxygenated my blood because my heart and lungs couldn’t at the time.

Unfortunately, there were problems getting blood into my legs, especially my left leg. I guess it got real bad because my leg started dying and tried to take my kidneys with it.

When I finally came out of the coma three weeks later, I had lost my left leg to the hip and had to do dialysis several times a week. I hated dialysis.

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The next few weeks I went from not even being able to lift my head to standing on my remaining leg. It took a lot of help and I could only stand for seconds at a time, but it was a lot of progress in a little time.

I ended up at inpatient rehab after that to learn how to be more independent. That’s where I got into pour painting again.

I made several canvas pours including a very special one.

I had a g-tube when I arrived. Since I was in a coma, I couldn’t eat. I woke up with a tube in my neck to help me breathe and another tube in my nose (an NG-tube) to help me eat. I didn’t like the one in my nose and pulled it out.

I wasn’t strong enough to use my hands, so I peeled the tape off with my tongue. Like I said, I really didn’t like it.

The doctor’s decided to give me a g-tube in my stomach, which is how I ate for a few weeks, but I got better faster than they ever expected.

When it was time to remove the g-tube, Child Life came up with a plan to help talk about what they would do.

We did a painting using a g-tube. I mixed the paint and used a big syringe to squeeze it through the tube onto the canvas while they talked about what a g-tube is, and how they remove one.

It was loads of fun.

This vibrant work of art features a bold, swirling yellow alongside aqua, green, baby blue, red, pink, purple, and white. It was created as a special therapy session using the unlikely g-tube as the method of application. This was done as a child life specialist explained the upcoming procedure to remove Meg’s g-tube, marking a milestone in her recovery.
Megan standing at the foot of her hospital bed for the very first time following the loss of her leg. There are two physical therapists helping to hold her.

The rest is history

I was able to come home the day before Christmas Eve. It was about four months after my heart attack. I did my first semester of school online so I could catch up. I made a lot of other pour paints in those next few months.

Then it was time to go back to in-person school, and I was busy with school and band. Eventually, I graduated and was able to walk across the stage to get my diploma. It took a while, but people cheered so loud it hurt my ears.

I’m currently in college and plan to work in Child Life Services, so I can help children who are going through similar experiences to the ones I had.

I make quite a few paintings. It helps with the stress and trauma. I find it calming, almost therapeutic.

But I’m running out of room, so I have started selling my art.

My art

Canvas pours

Shades of blue swirl in eddies and currents around the sandy shores of land and gold with dark blues marking the edge falling into cavernous deeps alongside splashes of white ocean spray along the Ocean's Surface.
Inspired by the American flag, this patriotic piece includes swirls of red, white and blue, with multicolored and textured stars.
Brilliant blues, greens, golds, and reds swirl together in feather like patterns hinting at the peacock inspiration for this piece.
Silver mixes with purple and pink colliding into a pattern between feather and scale in this painting titled "Song Bird."
This pour is inspired by deep in the ocean, where the light does not reach. Imagining the view from an exploring submersible, this painting reveals surprising swirls of blues and silver with playful spots of pink and white reminiscent of the strange life found far beneath the ocean surface.
Little April Showers give way to powerful storms then end with gentle "Sprinkles of Spring." This piece reminds us of a scene from Disney's Bambi where the young deer experiences his first rain. The greens range from bright, almost yellow of new growth to the darker, more established vegetation. There is a mix of red, pink, purple, and blue to represent spring flowers budding as nature awakens but a chaotic mix of black cuts through the middle. It is the heart of the storm, leading to even more color on the other side.
Dark shades of orange and red battle with black in a frenzied energy called "Crushing Anxiety."
Deep forest green mixes with more vibrant greens and shimmering silvers to create a topography that invokes the heat of summer as the grass grows thick before an inevitable drought.
A galaxy of color explodes in shades of blue, red, purple, and silver.
Inspired by Disney's Maleficent, this pour uses pink and blue for Aurora with sickly greens and purples for our title character. The swirls hint at a hidden dragon in the mist.
Pink, with a hint of orange, breaks through the shadows like the blush of a sunrise, accented by streaks of teal and blue that resemble Easter ribbons. A splash of dark crimson reminds us of the blood spilled on that hill not so far away.
In a tranquil forest, a mystical pond catches the eye with its shimmering surface, adorned in hues of purple and blue. A solitary frog gazes into the water, captivated by its own distorted reflection, pondering the mysterious depths that lie beneath. This enchanting scene invites viewers to explore the magic and curiosity of nature.
This painting captures the essence of her shimmering scales, which are a blend of purple, blue, and green, with hints of dark black venom woven into the swirling patterns.
This painting features swirling colors of pink, orange, purple, teal, and a hint of black, reminiscent of the bark of the Rainbow Eucalyptus. The artist was inspired by a vividly colored rainforest as she mixed her paints and poured them onto the canvas to create "Tropical Rainforest."
The painting features a blend of pastel blue, accented by spots of orange, darker blues, pink, and white, along with deep shadows of red and purple. It evokes memories of childhood Easter dresses while reflecting on the somber cost associated with that day of celebration.
From soft orange to darkening purples and reds, this painting captures the feel of sunset after a long and joyful Easter Sunday.
Pastel blues, pinks, and purples form the backdrop for the vibrant specks of darker blues, greens, pinks, and orange in this 5x7 canvas painting.
Ruins to Halloween Whispers, a painting with orange, purple, and dark gray invoking a dark and foggy halloween night.
A river of pink cuts through an ocean of blue waves.
Brilliant swirls of blues, red, and magenta flow out of the nearly black background of green.