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Maura Satchell

When I paint, I escape. There are no boundaries or hard and fast rules to the images and worlds I create, and I often feel an unseen presence guiding me as I work. When I paint, I choose to express the beauty and light in this planet of ours. I try to uplift and transport my audience to a pleasant frame of mind and a natural world filled with wonder and miracles.

After retiring following years behind a camera lens and computer monitor, I began to paint in earnest. I derive satisfaction in breaking rules, pushing envelopes, experimenting, and using commonplace materials, textures, and applications in unconventional ways. Sometimes it’s an abysmal failure (but one I learn from). Other times, it works surprisingly well.

I appreciate that less is more in so many ways when it comes to making art and find some of my most interesting work is minimalist in style – in terms of color, composition or style. Still, I’m not afraid to mix media and have supplies of all types on hand to play around with. And speaking of play, my toughest but most valuable lesson so far has been to relinquish control and see where the paint takes me, and I do so with great pleasure.

Education and Professional Training

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Cum Laude – Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Water Media Program, Centennial Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee – Multi-year program of study under acclaimed artists themselves Hazel King and Barbara Rembert exploring watercolors, gouache, acrylics.

The New York Museum of Modern Art – Three month online class (Coursera MOOC) studing Abstract Expressionism taught by Corey D’Augustine.

Various one-day workshops under celebrated artists exploring different materials, processes and styles.

Shows and Exhibitions

PAE Group Show – See Lab Project Space, Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands

Member Show – Carlisle Art Learning Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Juried Group Show – Washington County Arts Center, Hagerstown, Pennsylvania

Juried Group Show – ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Show – Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, Maryland

Group Show – Art on Ice, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Curated Group Show – Gallery 50, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Curated Show – Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennysylvania

MVPAP Plein Air Member Show – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

TAE Group Show – Hiscox Building, Peaseholm Gm, York, England

Juried Group show – Japanese Consulate, Nashville, Tennessee

TAE Group Show – Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England

TAE Annual Group Show – City Arts Museum, Orlando, Florida

CANN Member Group Show – The Mad Platter, Nashville, Tennessee

CANN Member Group Show – Fifty Forward, Nashville, Tennessee

Solo Show – The Mad Platter, Nashville, Tennessee

Collections

Works held in various collections, both public and private, in the United States and Europe.