Picasso described art:  as 'a form of magic, designed as a mediator between this strange and hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires'

My  initial response to an event is to break it into parts and attempt to make some sense of it by building up layers, wiping them away or covering them up.  I see my paintings  as  fundamentally a search or maybe a conversation, rather than a destination.

For a number of years the work has been predominantly monochrome but  recently has moved to greater use of colour - utilising an opaque and heavily concealing pigment as a device to cover up whatever unknown layers may lie beneath. Some of these pieces have been prompted by a childhood memory of scratching the kitchen cupboards to reveal multi-coloured puddles of history lying underneath. 
 



"Maggie McGregor is  based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her professional development has been largely through part time summer schools and workshops .  Since 2011 she has taken painting classes  with Matthew Browne and continues to have a relationship with Browne School of Art. Her work is held in private collections in New Zealand and overseas.

Awards

2019, Finalist Parkin Drawing Prize
​2017, Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2017, Finalist Molly Morpeth Award
2016, Finalist Parkin Drawing Prize

Exhibitions

Solo Show
2018, Railway Street Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland     
2016, Railway Street Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland 

Group Shows

2019, Parkin Drawing Prize Finalist Exhibition, NZAFA, Wellington 
​2018, Group show, Northart, Northcote Auckland
2017, Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2017, Tightrope, Contemporary Drawing Exhibition , BSA gallery, Auckland
2017, Northart, Northcote Auckland . 
2017, Molly Morpeth Painting Award, Whakatane
2016, Parkin Drawing Prize Finalist Exhibition, NZAFA, Wellington
2014 & 2015, Browne School of Art, Auckland 
2013  Artstation, Auckland  
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