Maureen is a figurative artist who loves to notice the abstract qualities in the world around her. line, form and colour, together with memory, are the focus of her practice, examining the seen and the unseen. as a multidisciplinary artist the use of differing methods and materials offer a variety of pathways to explore these concerns.

Nancy Gruskin received her B.A. in art history and studio art from Connecticut College and her Ph.D. in art history from Boston University. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and is included in private collections across the country and abroad. Gruskin spends much of her time teaching painting, […]

I was a creative child who liked to sit at the dining room table and draw. I took art classes at the local library during the summer in the small, rural village where I grew up, in Southern New Hampshire. After high school I studied art in Boston and San Francisco, where I earned a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Using mediums such as acrylic, oil paint encaustic wax, and tempera, Calkins will create scissor-cut paper stencils to make complex paintings on surfaces including wood, paper, or canvas.