Maureen S Farrell is an award winning, international contemporary watermedia artist and a signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She maintains a studio in her home in Cambridge, Maryland, and a studio at The Davis Art Center, Easton, Maryland. Maureen worked as a rural mail carrier for 23 years, while raising her family in upstate New York. Her passion for art truly bloomed after she remarried, retired and reevaluated her whole purpose in life.
She had the good fortune of moving close to Karen Rosasco, who was not only an excellent teacher, but who also became a good friend and mentor. She spent extensive hours studying on her own, and over the course of several years studied with many other professional artists, including Robert Wade, Mel Stabin, Catherine Anderson, Carla O’Connor, and Charles Reid.
In 2012, an extensive workshop in watermedia renewed her excitement, and she has painted in acrylics ever since. The daily handling of catalogs, magazines and newspapers have influenced her use of collage as she often works them into her mixed media paintings. Using various techniques of layering paint and media, Maureen incorporates abstract images of flowers and landscape into her artwork, but has focused primarily on her love of the figure. Continuing to evolve, Maureen is currently working her mixed media to create non objective abstracts.
Maureen’s paintings have been juried into local and national shows and can be found in private collections across the US and England. She has taught watercolor workshops and served on exhibition committees for local galleries. Her artwork has exhibited with Maryland Federation of Arts, The Maris Elaine Gallery at National Harbor, New Century Artists in Chelsea NY, and Jordan Faye Contemporary in Baltimore, MD. She is represented by West Annapolis Artworks, and Bishop’s Stock Snow Hill, Maryland, and is a co op member of Main Street Gallery, Cambridge MD.
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