Watercolor, oil, monotype are the mediums used by Santa Fe artist Maureen Howles to produce images varying in style from subjective naturalism to the semi-abstract. Shapes and colors of the southwestern deserts provide inspiration for the oil paintings, which tend to take an exploratory approach with improvised color and simplification of form. The watercolors are generally approached in the more disciplined tradition of naturalism, with images drawn from the expansive landscapes of the American West.
SELECTED JURIED ART EXHIBITIONS: - Directors Gallery at the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art:
New Mexico Printmakers Exhibit, October 2006
- Works in Oil, one person show, Sept 2003, Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid NM
- MasterWorks of New Mexico 2000, New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque
- The Taos (NM) National Exhibition of American Watercolor, Stables Gallery
- S.F. Trail International Art Show 2001, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
- New Mexico Watercolor Society exhibitions (Honorable Mention Award)
- The New Mexico Art League 70th Anniversary Exhibit, Spring 1999
- Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM; July-August 1999
