"Biscuit Connecting Over Time"
Mixed Media on Canvas
3' x 4'
"Biscuit Into the Future"
Mixed Media on Canvas
4' x 5'
Above the Bit
Multi media on
canvas
36" x 48"
Dewey's Spurs
multi media on canvas
22" x 28"
Into the Shadow
multi media on
canvas
24" x 30"
Ken's Gaucho Spur
multi media on
canvas
36"x48"
Look Out
multi media on canvas
36"x48"
Ray Well spurs
multi media on canvas
24"x30"
To the Farrier
multi media on canvas
22"x28"
Tribute to Bill Collins
multi media on canvas
22"x28"
Born in British Columbia, Maureen now resides in Cochrane, Alberta. She completed her B.Ed., at the University of British Columbia in 1969 and her M.Ed., in Art at the University of Calgary in 1971. She was an instructor Alberta College of Art, in Calgary until 2001; a post she left after 25 years of teaching, to pursue her art/conservation work full time.
For her groundbreaking experimental research concerning human coexistence with grizzly bears in Russia’s Far East, Maureen is an internationally celebrated artist. Since 1986 she has focused her art on the conservation of wild/ misunderstood animals which has earned her numerous national and international awards. Her work has also been the subject of many books, films, radio/television profiles and newspaper & magazine articles.
Her current focus is the wild horses of Alberta and their dwindling wilderness habitat north of Calgary; the subject of her second feature TV documentary. – “Wild Horses of the Canadian Rockies” produced by Pyramid Productions Inc. to be released on Animal Planet in the fall of 2008.
Maureen's work has been featured in countless exhibitions around the world where it can be found in museums, private & corporate collections.
Selected Exhibitions Include:
* “Wild and Free” – 2007 , Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
* Travelling exhibition: "Through the Eyes of the Bear" - 2000
Camac Gallery, Centre d'Art de Marnay, Paris, France Krka Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Moscow Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
* "Through the Eyes of the Bear" - 2000
Art Gallery of Calgary, Alberta
* "Another Dimension" - 1999
Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, Alberta
* "Kamchatka" - 1998
Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, Alberta
* "The Bear's Point of View" - 1997
Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, Alberta
* "The Bear Who Looked for Beauty" - 1997
Cultural Centre, Petropavlovsk, Russia
* "The Kamchatka Series" - 1995
Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, Alberta
* "Grizzly Kingdom: An Artist's Encounter" - 1993
Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary
* "Game's End: An African Encounter" - 1990
Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, Alberta
