Picture of Apples

This reflection on art uses a skewed perspective, uncomfortable, disjoint composition, and featureless background to highlight the serene richness of the classical art at its focus. In addition, the strangely still, silent feel of the piece as a whole is a play on the genre of its subject, a "still life". There is no message here, no theme, leaving the viewer to contemplate the beauty of the painting itself, and how that beauty either impacts our lives or exists in isolation from them.

The artist wishes to thank the North Carolina Museum of Art for generously allowing this photograph to be taken.

Taken 2007, May 13, 11:46:06 am

Scene of Another Accident

The theme of silent violence involving fictional objects factors prominently into Maeve's early work. The simplicity of the composition and playfulness of the subject belies the seriousness of the allusion, as the pieces clearly refer to the overwhelming fear of tragedy which so often oppresses modern society. Subtle inclusion of the photographer herself in many of the pieces suggests both that the focus on tragedy is the choice of the observer, and that the observer is inevitably a part of the same world in which the violence takes place, putting responsibility for dealing with such problems on each individual's own shoulders.

Taken 2007, May 12, 6:28:11 pm

Mommy, Maeve, Mirror

This self-portrait offers a rare glimpse into the colours and shapes that have influenced Maeve's work and visual style. Notice, however, that the photograph itself has prevented us from seeing the photographer, touching on the theme of art vs. artist, and reminding us that in fact one doesn't need to understand the latter to appreciate the former. This is fortunate, as few indeed understand Maeve.

Taken 2007, May 11, 4:33:27 pm

Baby

At only nine days old, Maeve's little brother is still a little on the blurry side. Whether this lack of sharpness represents the as-yet unshaped potential of a newborn, or instead the motion blur we are seeing suggests the rapid changes in life -- both her brother's and Maeve's own -- is left to the viewer's interpretation.

Taken 2007, 08 May, 5:58:29 pm

Pooh, Arm

By using Winnie the Pooh, seated in a chair, as the subject of this striking and dynamic portrait, Maeve once again gives life to a character which has been interpreted many times over the past century, being made as real as the subject of any other portrait, time and time again. This reflects and reaffirms the theme of Milne's original work, while at the same time illustrating just how ingrained Pooh has become in our cultural consciousness: from barely more than an arm, we are able to recognize his familiar form immediately.

Taken 2007, May 7, 11:30:34 am

Light and Fan

Simple, clean, and yet profoundly vertigo-inducing; radial symmetry may never be the same.

Taken 2007, May 7, 11:30:17 am