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BIOGRAPHY
Maureen was born in Griffith N.S.W. 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 art seriously. At his studio where she was a student in the ‘80s and ‘90s,
a world of painting opened for her, and the works of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse
and the other ‘greats’ of Modern painting became familiar and influential. Also, the painters of earlier centuries became familiar to her and loved.
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 Griffith N.S.W. 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 art seriously. At his studio where she was a student in the ‘80s and ‘90s,
a world of painting opened for her, and the works of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse
and the other ‘greats’ of Modern painting became familiar and influential. Also, the painters of earlier centuries became familiar to her and loved.
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.”