Megan Burak is a contemporary realist painter working mostly in oil. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to the eastern shore of Maryland at the age of four. Burak graduated in the fall of 2015 from Salisbury University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a concentration in two-dimensional art. She has had group and solo shows in both Salisbury and Ocean City, Maryland. Burak has won Best in Show and second place in exhibitions at the Art League of Ocean City and is the recipient of the University Art Award from Salisbury University. Her inspiration is drawn from her emotions and the world as she sees it. She currently lives and paints in Berlin, Maryland.