Favorite Beach Spruce - oil

22 x 28 in. Oil on canvas.  Original art by Maeve Croghan.  Framed in a natural maple float frame.

About the Artist:

Maeve Croghan's innovative interpretations of the nature painting genre have gained her much acclaim. Maeve grew up living every summer on Mackinac Island. Here she developed a deep reverence for the lakes, woods, the surrounding lands and Nature. When Maeve first visited California many years ago, she was overwhelmed by the magnificence of California's natural beauty. She paints from a deep spiritual connection to the environment. Her love of the land is understood in her color filled paintings.

Maeve's oil paintings are begun outside. She intensely observes the environment, becoming immersed in it as she paints. The paintings are finished in the studio from her memory and personal exploration and interpretation, without photo references.

Maeve has been painting since she was 15. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute [BFA program] for many years, as well as Reed College, the Portland Museum Art School, and the Corcoran School of Art. She has a BA from New College of California in 'Art and Education' focusing on Art and Social Change.  Maeve splits her painting time between Hunters Point Artists' Shipyard Artists' Studios Community, in San Francisco, CA., Mendocino, CA. and on Mackinac Island, MI. in the summertime.