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BIOGRAPHY
Maureen was born in 1954 in Griffith NSW and moved to Sydney in 1972 to attend the University of Sydney.
Having studied art with the nuns at school and majored in Fine Arts in her BA at University, it was not until Maureen discovered the teaching of the late John Ogburn in the 1970’s that she started to take painting seriously. At his studio where she was a student in the ‘80s and ‘90s, a world opened for her, and the works of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and the other ‘greats’ and lesser ‘greats’ of Modern painting became familiar and influential as well as painters of earlier centuries.
Her work life involved mainly office administration jobs including a time as a public servant and lastly in community organisations. In the 80’s she also worked as a nurse in aged care for a few years.
In 1987 Maureen became a member of the Harrington Street Artists’ Co-operative and started exhibiting annually at the Gallery.
The world around her is a source of inspiration and Maureen finds that the spirit of the Harrington Street Gallery inspires her to keep painting in a way that expresses a thought, belief or feeling about her world with an immediacy not expressed in other ways.
“Painting, as in the approach taught to me by John Ogburn, has given me a purpose in life.”
Maureen was born in 1954 in Griffith NSW and moved to Sydney in 1972 to attend the University of Sydney.
Having studied art with the nuns at school and majored in Fine Arts in her BA at University, it was not until Maureen discovered the teaching of the late John Ogburn in the 1970’s that she started to take painting seriously. At his studio where she was a student in the ‘80s and ‘90s, a world opened for her, and the works of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and the other ‘greats’ and lesser ‘greats’ of Modern painting became familiar and influential as well as painters of earlier centuries.
Her work life involved mainly office administration jobs including a time as a public servant and lastly in community organisations. In the 80’s she also worked as a nurse in aged care for a few years.
In 1987 Maureen became a member of the Harrington Street Artists’ Co-operative and started exhibiting annually at the Gallery.
The world around her is a source of inspiration and Maureen finds that the spirit of the Harrington Street Gallery inspires her to keep painting in a way that expresses a thought, belief or feeling about her world with an immediacy not expressed in other ways.
“Painting, as in the approach taught to me by John Ogburn, has given me a purpose in life.”