United in Art: An Exhibition of Fine Art from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland:

 

"Maureen Ann Oliver's paintings are evocative, lushly colored works that tell the viewers stories relating the drama of the human condition. Faces flicker with light and shadow; sensuous brushwork adds texture and nuance to each expression. Oliver has been interested in religion and spirituality from a young age and her work reflects this passion for the spiritual world. Her works suggest a longing for a world beyond the senses. Yet, paradoxically, we enter this world through our senses as we gaze at the intensity of Oliver's color palette and loose, painterly brushstrokes. Oliver's sensitivity as an artist extends to her audience as well. She states, "I would like my art to reach out to people and touch them spiritually and emotionally." Gazing at her work, most viewers will feel Oliver has succeeded in this goal. Maureen Ann Oliver has exhibited her work widely in England and currently lives and works in London."

- Agora Press Release, 2007

Maureen Oliver is exhibiting at the Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th St., Chelsea, New York, from June 1st until June 21st 2007.


"Vincent in the Yellow House", oil on canvas, 36" x 36", 2006

 

Paintings are from £350 - £900 (or negotiable)

 

Maureen Oliver

A lifelong interest in spirituality led me to conversion to Catholicism at 19 as well as involvement in the revival of belief in the Great Goddess and an interest in the mythologies and religions of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman societies. Now a grandmother, I brought up my two daughters on my own. Life has had its fair share of problems - isolation, mental breakdown, financial struggle, loss and disability. But also love and friendship, children and laughter, the gifts of the spirit, colour and form and light, images, ideas - painting!

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."

- Hemingway

Past Exhibitions, Reviews & Articles

The London Group at Camden Arts Centre (1975)
The Matrix Group at South London Art Gallery (1977)
Brixton Artists Collective (1983-1985)
Morley Artists at Morley Gallery, London (1986)
"London Artists", Royal Festival Hall (1987)
"Retrospective", Diorama Arts Centre, London (2001)
"Reflections", Wimbledon Library Gallery (2003)
"Recent Paintings", Wimbledon Library Gallery (2005)
Society of Catholic Artists, Fairfield Halls, Croydon (2005)

Included in Spalding's "British Painters and Sculptors of the 20th Century" (1992)
Review: "Temporal Probe" , The Surrey Comet (13th June 2003)
Interview: "Telling Stories", by Hanne Olsen (October 2003)
Featured Artist: "Reflections, Positive Images", Fine Art Magazine (Winter 2004)
Article: DAIL (Disability Arts In London) Magazine (March/April 2005)
Review: Society of Catholic Artists Bulletin (Spring 2005)

"Maureen Oliver's paintings could be described not merely as suspended reality, but as another dimension of reality. They encompass the vividly swirling colours, textures and perspectives of modern art, but in more recognizable story forms. A viewer will be mesmerized by the human drama, while still experiencing a universal interest in wishing to know more about the character. No photograph could relay the coldness of pain or the warmth of sun as well as Oliver's palette and passion, and in this, she displays her total conviction to emotion.

"Spirituality-based themes are often found in Oliver's work, yet are comprised and blended with mythological and Catholic imagery. Her works expertly reflect a lifetime of art from the instinctive pursuing of it as a child, to a training professionally in history and theory. Maureen Oliver is a native Londoner who resides and exhibits her work throughout England while pursuing the goal of spiritually reaching people with her art."

- Art is Spectrum - the Chelsea Perspective

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