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