Artist Profile for Shirley Maier

Shirley is a native Californian. As a child, she spent many hours along side her father, an artist. Many visits to art galleries, museums and the time spent working with him in his studio nourished her love for the arts.

Oil painting is the medium of choice. For Shirley the point of art is not to copy but to amplify, to create an emotional response in the viewer. Shirley likes to work using a limited palette with emphasis on the masses, values and light falling upon form. She paints landscapes and still life studies in her studio and on location.

Shirley loves the casual spirit and natural beauty of the area for creating en plein-air paintings. Travel is a serious passion and a source of constant inspiration. Shirley is a member of several professional art groups including, Oil Painters of America, Laguna Plein Air Painters, The California Art Club, The Pacific Beach Art Guild, The San Diego Art Institute, and The La Jolla Art Assoication. Shirley exhibits regularly at the Off Track Gallery, The Village Gallery, Gallery 21, The San Diego Art Institute and ARTWALK San Diego. Her paintings are in private collections throughout the United States and Canada. She is a recipent of numerous art awards and is a contributing member of several local non profit organizations

Education

• Athenaeum School of the Arts, La Jolla CA
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• University of Virginia, McIntire School of Business
• California State University , Northridge

Recent Shows and Exhibitions

• ARTWALK San Diego, April 2000 - 2009
• ARTWALK By The Bay, San Diego, Sept. 2008, 2007 
• La Jolla Historical Society's Secret Garden Tour Featured Artist, 2001-2008 
• Athenaeum Rotunda Gallery, La Jolla, "The Secret Gardens Of Old La Jolla", Exhibition: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 200, 2002, 2001
• Rancho Santa Fe Art Festival, Sept 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
• LPAPA Juried Small Image Show, Laguna, Dec 2006
• Art Institute of California, San Diego, "The Artist's Hand" 11/05-12/05
• Gallery 21, San Diego, "Relationships", Invitational, Aug 1 - Aug 15, 2005
• Pangaea Outpost, Pacific Beach, Featured Artist, Dec 2004 - April 2005
• Gallery 21, San Diego, "Escapes" Invitational, July - August 2004
• Fallbrook Gallery Juried County Christian Art Exhibition - Jan 2003

Awards

• Southwest Gallery Juried Small Image Show - 2008
• Boehm Gallery Juried Exhibition - Featured Artist July 2008
• Featured Poster Artist - La Jolla Historical Society's Secret Garden Tour - 2005
• San Diego County Juried Exhibition of Art, Del Mar, Second Place -
• Oil, Abstract June 15 - July 2000 ;People's Choice Award - Oil, Representational, July, 2007, 2005, 2001, 1999; Honorable Mentions 2003,2002, 2000                                                                         
• Boehm Gallery Juried Exhibition Featured Artist July 2003
• "Seven Perceptives" La Jolla Village Gallery, La Jolla July 2003