About the Artist
Artist's Statement
"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the sense perceive in nature through
the Veil of Soul.” -Edgar Allan Poe
Although I paint in other mediums, watercolor is always my first choice. I love the spontaneity of watercolor with its beautiful transparency and juicy color. Laying down those first washes is always exciting for me; I delight in what happens when the paint hits the paper!
While painting I work to retain the wetness and fluidity of the paper while working with those first washes. I like to have some expression of mystery and don’t always want to tell the whole story; I feel something should be left for the viewer to discover and want them to feel that they can step into the painting.
Biography
An award winning artist, Maureen Brookfield has been drawing and painting since she was a child in England. She continued to pursue her love of art and enhance her natural ability by studying and taking workshops with many local, prominent and nationally known artists. Formal studies and Fine Art studio work also included New York’s Parsons School of Design and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey.
Maureen is a Signature Member, and has served on the Board, of the New England Watercolor Society. Juried Memberships include The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC., Academic Artists, The South Shore Art Association, Cohasset, Cape Cod Art Association, Rhode Island Watercolor Society and the Russell Gallery, Plymouth Guild of the Arts.
National Shows and Awards include Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC,
North East Watercolor Society Juried International Exhibition, New England Watercolor Society, Academic Artists Open National Exhibition of Realism, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Cape Cod Art Museum and the Art Complex Museum Winter Juried Show, Duxbury.
Her paintings are in numerous corporate collections including, Boston Children’s Physicians in Weymouth and the South Shore Hospital Collection. She also donated a 8’x 24’ Mural in the Children’s Pediatric Emergency Center. Maureen has won many awards and her paintings are in private and corporate collections around the country and overseas.
Books
Maureen Brookfield has illustrated five children’s books and found it a wonderful and challenging
experience. Her first book “E is for Empire” won the NY State Reading Association Charlotte Award.
She is also a contributing illustrator to “P is for Passport” a 2003 MIPA Merit Award Winner.
Her paintings are featured in the following books by Ashley Rooney, “100 Artists of New England”,
“Artists Homes & Studios”, “Stars & Stripes”, and “The American Flag in Contemporary Art”.
All published by Schiffer Publishing.
