My name is Meghan. I’m a Canadian artist, working in encaustic painting and photographic printmaking (silver gelatin, cyanotype, and photopolymer gravure process). I am curious about our perception of reality, and explore this through collisions of photographic elements and abstract encaustic painting.
Through 2023, I’ve been transitioning my online presence from Meghan’s Darkroom to Meghan Horosko Art, to encompass more of the processes/mediums I work in. I welcome you to visit my new website meghanhoroskoart.com to learn more about the processes and view/purchase my work.
Thank you!
Latest work from Instagram…


Behind the scenes printing ‘Watamula Exhale’ in photopolymer gravure @snapgallery
These babies are in Pennsylvania for the #9inhandpressprintexchange
#printmaking #photopolymer #photogravure #polymergravure #photopolymergravure #intaglio #intaglioprint #intaglioprintmaking #encaustic #watamula #watamulahole #curacao #toyoboplate #gamblinetchingink #hahnemuehlepaper #yegartist #yeg @snapgallery @9inhandpress
1 month ago

Work in Progress in the darkroom 🎞️ Might have to take this frame into Photopolymer Gravure process to compare those silver nitrate shadows to oil etching ink!
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#35mmfilm #bwfilmphotography #darkroomprint #darkroomphotography #delta100 #ilforddelta100 on #ilfordmultigrade paper #canadianrockies #canadianrockymountains #hikealberta #canadianfilmphotographers #northernfilmcollective
2 months ago


Despite a few challenges (swipe to see plate cutting sadness), I’ve grown in absolute love with this print😊 Watamula is a special place, mainly because the ground is porous and the force of ocean waves pushes air in and out of all the tiny holes underground. It looks like the coastal rock is breathing and it’s fascinating to hear the sound of the ground inhaling and exhaling (swipe for a windy video clip). As a prairie-dweller, the ocean coast always feels especially striking with its liveliness.
➡️ This photopolymer gravure print ‘Watamula Exhale’ is off to Pennsylvania for the #9inhandpressprintexchange
Printed at Edmonton’s wonderful printshop @snapgallery
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@9inhandpress
#printmaking #photopolymer #photogravure #polymergravure #photopolymergravure #intaglio #intaglioprint #intaglioprintmaking #toyoboplate #gamblinetchingink #hahnemuehlepaper #yegartist #yeg #watamula #coastline #nature #landscape #blackandwhitelandscape
2 months ago

New plate, new print! These babies are currently making their way from Canada to Pennsylvania for the #9inhandpressprintexchange
Excited to take part in this one 😁 Printed @snapgallery
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@9inhandpress
#printmaking #photopolymer #photogravure #polymergravure #photopolymergravure #intaglio #intaglioprint #intaglioprintmaking #toyoboplate #gamblinetchingink #hahnemuehlepaper #yegartist #yeg #watamula #watamulahole
2 months ago

Mystery 35mm film for the win! 😍 So you ever switch to shoot a specific film camera for a few years, forgetting that you have a half exposed roll of film in the one you set aside? Yesterday was one of those days I went to pick up the heavy duty Canon EOS 1 that I hadn’t shot in a while, and noticed a mystery roll of film still inside of it. After last night in the darkroom, I was thrilled to see these amazing owls appear🦉 This roll was from a past visit to @albertabirdsofpreycentre which is a great organization here in Alberta. I can’t wait to print some of these in my next darkroom session!
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#ilford #ilfordfilm #ilfordhp5 @ilfordphoto #35mmfilm #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #womenwhoshootfilm #35mmnegative #monochromeguild
2 months ago

Results are in: Better for drinking than toning 🍷 Got my hands on dry tannins and different tea mixes for new tests. Alt process printing is fun times.
Percussion by the talented @greg.hersey 🥁
#cyanotype #altprocessphotography #canadianfilmphotographers #albertafilmphotographer #darkroomprinting #cyanotypetoning
3 months ago

Thank you @thehandmagazine for including my print ‘Tekarra Muse’ in the 39th Edition of your publication! I’m humbled to have work along such great artists in this magazine ☺️
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#thehandmagazine #jaspernationalpark #mountainart #printmaking #canadianprintmaker #photogravure #photopolymergravure #canadianrockies #canadianprintmaking #canadianartist #monochromephotography
3 months ago

Darkroom silver gelatin photographs from the Nikonos III underwater 35mm film! Not shown: A ton of other little steps in the process 🤣
These are ‘work prints’ without split-grade, dodging or burning exposures, mainly so I can get a feel for which frames I’ll print in a more complex approach on fibre paper for final work 👍🏼
#filmphotography #analogphotography #darkroom #darkroomphotography #silvergelatin #silvergelatinprint #filmisnotdead #ilfordpaper
#analogphotography #analogvibes #processvideo #ilfordphoto #grainisgood #monochromeguild #edmontonphotographer #edmontonfilmphotographers #albertafilmphotographers #canadianfilmphotographers #darkroomprint #monochromeguild #nikonos #nikonosiii #underwaterfilmphotography
3 months ago

Developing 35mm film from underwater Nikonos III 📷 Part 3 -Printing these negatives- coming up next!
#filmphotography #analogphotography #darkroom #darkroomphotography #analogphotography #analogvibes #processvideo #ilfordphoto #grainisgood #monochromeguild #35mm #edmontonphotographer #celebratethegrain #processvideo #darkroomfilm #howtodevelopfilm #edmontonfilmphotographers #albertafilmphotographers
4 months ago