Visual art for Megan Newcomer is simply a process of documenting time. She tells her story through lace and leather (as represented through track suits and motorcycles) and she refused to be classified as just one. She mines the details in moments that happened too fast to capture, or too complicated to study. In those lost moments, however, she strives to create a crisper image, something to remember before she can forget. Her interests are sparked by personal events, which is evident in the repeated subject matter in her work, leather and lace. She has become obsessed with recreating both. An obsessive behavior can be either learned or innate—neither is better than the other. Motorcycles for Megan Newcomer are not simple metal objects complementing the laws of physics in order to look pretty and go fast. It was not learned, her obsession with riding was innate. The evolution of her passion for motorcycles are the breadcrumbs in her life. They tell her story. Lace contradicts the biker stereotype. It challenges this decked-out-in-leather masculinity. Therefore, she fines her own femininity in the delicacy of lace as well as in the contrasting leather. 

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Megan does not intend to make visual art a career. She sees her collection as a means of creating her autobiography, and challenging stereotypes in the  process.  She is a young,  female  rider, and  she  does not  want to be