Bio

MAGGI MASON

EDUCATION

London University – 3 years Medicine, 2 years Agriculture
Cheltenham Ladies College UK, Art Advanced Level
Cheltenham Art School
Towson University MD – Art
One year private internship with K. Noble (RSMA) Oil and Watercolor - UK
One year private internship with J. Gough, Liverpool Univ. Abstract Art – UK

Seminars/Courses – UK
Human Body as a landscape
Abstract Art
Figure drawing in ink
Figure drawing in watercolor
Cartooning
Abstract art to Music
Wood Carving, and Clay Modeling
Oil Portraiture
Seminars/Courses – USA
Plein Air oil painting
Experimental Mixed Media and Collage
Figure painting in oil
Acrylic Painting
Architectural geometry of Shadows
Courses I Taught
Introduction to Collage
Floral painting in Watercolor
Painting from Imagination

ART ASSOCATIONS JOINED

The Briw Art Group – Wales
Border Visual Arts – Wales
Les Vignares Group – Provence, France
Oswestry Art Group – England
Art League North – USA
Skagit Artists Together – USA

PLACES EXHIBITED

United Kingdom
Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales
Gallery at Theatr Clwyd, Wales
Bear Steps Gallery – Shrewsbury, England
Oriel One Gallery, Welshpool, Wales
Library Gallery, Colwyn Bay, Wales
Art Gallery, Denbigh, Wales
Town Hall Gallery, Oswestry, England
Border Visual Arts Show, England
Juried Open Studio Tour, Border Visual Arts, England
Cymdeithas Arddio Llangernyw 1990. Won Best in Show. Wales
Cymdeithas Arddio Llangernyw 1991. Won best in Show. Wales

France – Provence
Festival de la Sorge, Fontaine de Vaucluse
Compredon Centre d’Art. L’Isle sur la Sorge
Chateau Saumane, Provence

USA
River Gallery LaConner twice yearly
Art League North twice yearly. Won best in show 2010
The Depot Anacortes (juried) ALN and SAT
Mezzanine at Coop. Mt. Vernon twice
Democrat HQ. Mt. Vernon
Stonehedge Gallery, Sedro Woolley (now closed)
Sauk View Gallery. Concrete
Arts Alive – Emerging Artist 2010
Front Gallery – Mt. Vernon (Best in show)
Gallery by the Bay – Stanwood
Skagit Valley SAT Open Studio Tour
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
As an artist I prefer to work in oils and collage, but occasionally I revert to watercolor or acrylics.  I work mostly from imagination, drawing inspiration from poems, songs, myths, memory and travels round the world. Although I have listed the main points of my formal art education, I am very aware that an artist never finishes learning new approaches and the use of different media, or a combination of all of them.  That is what is so exciting about being an artist.

e-mail: whitelightstudio.mm@gmail.com




  • About Me

    As an artist in oils and mixed media, I draw my inspiration from books I have read, from music and legends, and from my experiences living and traveling in many different countries such as Europe, Scandinavia, the Far East and here in America. Most of my work is from my imagination and also sometimes from memories of people and landscapes which touched me in some way. I try to experiment with different media to reflect the excitement of movement and color in my pieces. Ideas often come to me in the middle of the night, or while sitting quietly in my studio, or reading. The pieces that seem to interest the viewer are almost always the ones I feel most passionate about myself. Making art is a wonderful way of sharing.