Artist's Statement

When I started painting 40 years ago, my style was flat and hard edge. Like the coloring books I enjoyed as a child, I liked painting still lifes and landscapes with oils in solid colors with black outlines.

Early in my career, I was living in Massachusetts, and I was attracted to the character I saw in the New England architecture. I painted homes and buildings in Cambridge, Boston, and the surrounding area, all in my coloring book style. The paintings are somewhat surrealistic in that time appears to have stopped, and the scenes exist in a vacuum. I actually loved bringing images down to color and lines, but I was not aware at the time that my dissatisfaction with the harsh climate was also being expressed.

When I moved to Florida in the early 80's, I stopped painting. The lush vegetation and the hot climate did not match my style or the mood of my work, which some compared to Hopper. So, for over 15 years I did not paint and focused on my career as a licensed mental health counselor. I owned a psychotherapy private practice for 16 years, but in the summer of 2001 I found myself seeing paintings in my mind's eye everywhere.

I took out my easel and painted my parakeet in a hibiscus tree. This small painting began my new style and career. For three years I continued to practice psychotherapy and to paint in most of my spare time, often starting my day at 7:00 am and painting until 2 am. I joined Women in the Visual Arts as a juried artist member in 2002 and began exhibiting and selling my work. Then, in the fall of 2004 after going through two hurricanes, I decided to close my practice and pursue my passion fulltime.

I take lots of photographs constantly wherever I go, and later I use my photos as inspiration for the paintings. Beyond buildings it's now the rich flora which attracts me, and my brush has become freer and more impressionistic. I no longer have to paint within the lines. With age has come daring and a willingness to let the unconscious be expressed on the canvas. Now I can express joy in the beauty I see around me as well as share my experience of the places I visit.

All of my paintings are oils on canvas. Most are 20 x 24, but I also enjoy doing miniatures, and some of the landscapes have required large canvases.

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Education • New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA 1981-82 • M.Ed. Lesley College, Cambridge, MA 1977 Expressive Therapies • B.A. Kean College, Union, NJ 1969 • Designed Children's Art Workshop • University of Copenhagen 1968 (Junior year abroad)    Studied European art & Scandinavian architecture & design • Emerson College, Boston, MA, Theatre Arts major, 1963-64 Awards & Honors • Honorable Mention "The Best of Florida Artists" Kennedy Publishing 2006 Issue • "A World of Creativity," Juried Group Exhibition, Northwood Unilversity, West Palm Beach, FL First Place Award 2D, October-November 2004 • Fellowship Cambridge Hospital 1976 Affiliations • Artists of Palm Beach County - 2008 • Artists' Guild of the Palm Beaches - at Northwood University, FL. Juried Artist Member. 2006 - Present. • Member - Armory Art Center - 2005 to Present • Women in the Visual Arts, Inc., Delray Beach, FL Juried Artist Member 2002 - Present • Artist Member - Lake Worth Art League, Lake Worth, FL 2002-2003 • Member - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach 1983 -Present • Cambridge Art Association, Juried Artist Member. Cambridge, MA. Main gallery & rental gallery exhibitor. Oil paintings 1972-83

• "Impressions of Old South Florida", Juried Group Exhibit, Bonnet House Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 3 - April 21, 2008 •"All Florida Juried Fine Art Exhibit", Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL. June 14 - September 8, 2007 • The Artists' Guild of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach Community College Eissey Campus Theatre, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. October 4 - November 1, 2006 • "In the Good Ole Summertime", Juried Group Exhibtion, Delray Beach Public Library, Delray Beach, FL July 8 - September 13, 2006 • "All-Florida Juried Fine Art Exhibtion," Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL Juried Exhibtion, Palm Beach International Airport. June 15 - September 9, 2006 • "Artful Places and Spaces," Palm Beach County Art in Public Places. Juried Exhibtion, Palm Beach International Airport. September 28 - February 1, 2006 • "Armory Members Juried Show ," Amory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Juried Exhibtion, Palm Beach International Airport. March 28 - April 29, 2006 • American Orchid Society from November 29 - December 28, 2005.  • "The Schreibers - A father/daughter Show" Solo Exhibition, Pandora's Hope, 167 NE 2 Avenue, Delray Beach, FL July 15-17, 2005 • "Artistic Expressions II," Juried Group Exhibition, Palm Beach Gardens City Hall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL February-March 2005 • "Miniatures," Juried Group Exhibition, Women in the Visual Arts, Inc., Prineapple Grove Gallery, Delray Beach, FL Nov 16 - Jan 4, 2005 • "The Garden," Palm Beach County Art in Public Places. Juried Exhibition, Palm Beach International Airport, February 19 - August 31, 2004 • "The Artistic Spirit,"Juried Group Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL September 2003 •"Splashes of Color,"Juried Group Exhibition, Delray Beach Public Library, Delray Beach, FL June-August 2003 • "The Best of Everything," Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, Palm Beach International Airport, January 9 - May 15, 2003 • "The Tapestry of Art," Juried Group Exhibition, WITVA Gallery, Delray Beach, FL January 8 - February 18, 2003   Represented by Galleries. To find locations, contact the artist. Links: Agora Gallery • WITVA (Women inthe Visual Arts) • Florida Artists Registry • Visit Maxine's Art Musings Blog at BestOfArtists.com • Fine Art America • Clematis Coffeehouse