Rose Wheel

Studio: Towles Court Art Center

1938 Adams St. #205  Sarasota, FL 34236

941.266.7318

Home: 4510 Little John Trail - Sarasota, FL 34232

941.341.0506

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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The recent work is mixed media.

Collages using watercolor and pencil with old photos, my photos, maps, navigation charts, beads and thread

Tape transfers (scotch tape lifts ink from newspaper weather maps and other images) on to board

Oil paintings with found objects: buttons, nails, beads and stamps on wood or packing forms, arranged in grids

I love the complexity and sensitive changes that occur when repetitions are juxtaposed

side by side.

In collecting buttons, beads, photos, stamps, maps, threads and papers, I have a source of endless variations from which to choose.

I arrange them in grids, labyrinths or in circular forms: mandalas.

The symmetry of these compositions enables the viewer to see repetitions and variations that occur.

The ancient symbols of the maze and mandala have been used as focusing devices for meditation. I use their symmetry and rhythm to organize and center the work.

I have found the making of these images to be a joyful centering activity. Ultimately making my artwork is a kind of meditation for me and I hope it becomes a joyful meditation for viewers.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Meg Maher was born in 1946 and grew up in the Buffalo area. A graduate of the College of New Rochelle, she went on to gain a Masters in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, NY, NY and a Master in Fine Art in Painting from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

She was a teacher of art in the Herricks Public Schools on Long Island from 1969-2001 and found teaching to be an extraordinary source of energy and pride.

Other studies in art include the Vermont Studio School, Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho and the Oxbow Workshop, Michigan, as well as study abroad in Italy and China. Watercolor was a first love and her latest work has been in oils and mixed media. She has shown widely in the NY area.

Meg now lives and works in Sarasota Florida, with her husband Vernon Pierce.

Education:

MFA Pratt Institute 1978

MA Columbia University 1969

BA College of New Rochelle 1968

Teacher of Art - Herricks Public Schools, 1969-2001

Selected Exhibits:

• Harmony Gallery: Florida Westcoast Symphony, Sarasota Oct 2006” Map, Maze, and Mandala”  solo

• Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL March 2006 “Travel” group

• White Dog Design, Sarasota, FL Nov-Jan 2005 “Small & Lovely” group

• Essex Art Center, Laurence, MA Mar 2005 “Mandala-Seeking a Center” group

• Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL Feb 2005 “Abstract Show” group (Merit Award)

• Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY Dec-Jan 2004 “Winter” group

• South Huntington Library, NY Nov-Dec 2003 “Mandalas”  group

• Islip Museum, Islip, NY July- August 2003 “Noah’s Ark: Animals among Us” group

• Manhasset Public Library, Manhasset, NY June 2003 “Oils from the 80’s & 90’s” solo

• Gallery North Setauket, NY March 2003 “Seeking A Center” group 

• Washington Square East Galleries NYU, NY February 2003 “26^th Small Works” group

• Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY May 2002 “Map, Maze and Mandala” solo

• NYC Fire Museum, Soho, NY September 2002 “9/11 Memorial” permanent collection

• Islip Museum, Islip, NY July 2002   “Considering the Garden” group

• Nese Alpin Gallery Roslyn, NY July 2002   “Visual Ideas: Conceptual II” February 2000 group

• Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY March 2002 “Meg Pierce & Barbara Kingsley” 

• Sea Cliff Library November 1996 solo

• Heckscher Museum “Art of Long Island” May 1998 group