Maureen Vastardis
Maureen Vastardis
I am nurtured by creating. Photography and watercolor are my primary mediums.
Color, shape and light serve as inspiration to project their dynamic power and energy. My subject matter tends to be whatever happens to catch my eye, whether it’s the symmetry and beauty in nature, the lines and design in architecture, the movement of the sea and clouds or the interaction of people in everyday life, I strive to make bold photographic images that will engage the viewer and take them to those places.
Watercolor allows me the freedom to explore the fluidity of the medium, experiment with color and express my emotional interpretation of various scenes in nature and objects.
I hope that people will be inspired, comforted and energized by my work.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS: 2022 – 2013
5th Annual CIP Chania International Photo Festival, Chania Crete, Greece 2022
Blank Wall Gallery, Moments of Color, Athens, Greece 2022
Long Beach Creative Group, Rod Briggs Gallery
Fresh 2022
Painting Long Beach 2022
Inspired by 2022
Artillery Magazine CODE ORANGE: Finalist Bi-Monthly Photography Project 2018 -2022
Beyond the Lines Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Miniature 2017
Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Second Act 2022
Six Word Story 2016, 2019
OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Anthropocene 2021
Crisis Mode 2020
40th Anniversary 2020
Crafted 2019
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Six Word Story 2019
Gallery 101, Redondo Beach, CA
CA101 2022
CA101 2019
Finalist: DTLB Unfiltered 2018, Long Beach, CA
Brittany Davis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Moments Captured 2021
Torrance Art Museum: South Bay Focus 2014
Long Beach Museum of Art: Art Auction XVI
Location1980, CostaMesa, CA
Loveolution 2018
Love Today 2017
Michael Stearns Gallery, San Pedro, CA 2015
ArtX; Long Beach, CA
Holiday Salon 2016, 2017
Huntington Beach Art Center
If The Shoe Fits 2022
Scape and Scope 2021
Rhythm, Music, Sound 2016
Huntington Beach Art League