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Maureen Minard

@maureenminard.bsky.social

Abstract painter and textile artist with Idylwood Studios. www.maureenminard.com

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23.03.2025 11:01 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The tide comes in
Mixed media on canvapaper, 16”x 20”

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09.03.2025 14:53 — 👍 27    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A nod to Shenandoah & our national parks.

Maturing in the mist of the ancestors.
Mixed Media on Canvas 8” x 10”

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08.03.2025 13:43 — 👍 30    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looks like weather is coming in
Mixed Media on Canvas, 30”x30”

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08.03.2025 01:26 — 👍 40    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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It’s is the last gasp for a playful, urban winter abstract landscape, like the Black Cat in DC.

We followed the Black Cat
Mixed media on canvas, 30”x 30”

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07.03.2025 11:55 — 👍 143    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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A studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibit is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. -Chris Ofili

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06.03.2025 23:25 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A testament to resilience in hard times.

We rebuild it.
Acrylic on canvas, 40”x 40”

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06.03.2025 11:51 — 👍 30    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quilt based on my experience as a teacher and parent recovering from a school shooting.

They forced us to play Hide and Seek.
Discarded t-shirts on a worn baby blanket, 34” x 44.5”

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05.03.2025 11:44 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Quilt based on my experience as a teacher and parent after a school shooting.

Go find them in the Lost and Found
Discarded t-shirts on a worn baby blanket, 34” x 44.5”
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04.03.2025 22:37 — 👍 27    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Play me a Memory
Mixed media on canvas, 30” x 30”

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04.03.2025 18:57 — 👍 46    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Born & raised in DC; trying to notice the budding Spring beyond all the chaotic turmoil.

Neoclassical Spring
Mixed Media on Canvas, 30”x30”
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04.03.2025 01:48 — 👍 58    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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A nod to the Kennedy Center. We must fight for freedom in the arts.

La Primavera in the Potomac
Mixed media on canvas, 36” x 36”
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03.03.2025 21:02 — 👍 43    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Not sure which bridge, but it’s next.
Acrylic paint, oil pastels, & graphite on canvas. 36" x 36",

03.03.2025 11:21 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We all began to walk outside and take a breath.
Mixed media on canvas 30" x 30"

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03.03.2025 03:15 — 👍 32    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Running down the path, conversation enveloped the little city.
Mixed media on canvas, 30” x 30”

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02.03.2025 13:26 — 👍 40    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Some mornings, we start with thinking about those we miss.

Someday, we will meet in the glow of the bay, again
Mixed media on canvas, 30" x 30"

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02.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 23    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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… been wondering how to create an abstract understanding of protecting others from the potential harm of this administration.

Shelter II
Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”

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02.03.2025 02:54 — 👍 33    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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… been wondering how to create an abstract understanding of protecting others from the potential harm of this administration.

Shelter I
Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”

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01.03.2025 15:37 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Artists Casey Wait, Maureen Minard, Molly McCracken and Pamela Huffman stand together in the hallway gallery at Idylwood Studios on February 14, 2025 at the Petite Opening reception. On the walls in the background is colorful artwork.

Artists Casey Wait, Maureen Minard, Molly McCracken and Pamela Huffman stand together in the hallway gallery at Idylwood Studios on February 14, 2025 at the Petite Opening reception. On the walls in the background is colorful artwork.

Celebrated the opening of Idylwood Studios last night. It was amazing to have everyone there and enjoy the evening in community through art. @maureenminard.bsky.social @caseywaitart.bsky.social

15.02.2025 19:44 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Lambda Rising across the city (Dupont Circle)
Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20”

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#livingartist

02.02.2025 14:14 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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More bridges connect us than divide (Rivers)
Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20”

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01.02.2025 13:46 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Put a few NoVA artists in a starter pack - not sure if I can go back and edit afterwards - learning as I go! @caseywaitart.bsky.social started the ball rolling on this one. :)

26.01.2025 18:19 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you!!

31.01.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you Bishop Budde!

Meet in the Bishop’s Garden (National Cathedral)

Acrylic on Canvas, 18” x 18”

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31.01.2025 11:28 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Does the court even know we are here?
(Eastern Market)
Acrylic on Canvas, 16” x 16”

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31.01.2025 11:23 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Did you see the Northern Light? (NoMa)
Mixed media on canvas, 30” x 30”

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31.01.2025 01:46 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Dancing Across the Falls
(Great Falls) 
Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20” 

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29.01.2025 23:46 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@harumiabe.bsky.social landscapes always pull me in.

28.01.2025 01:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Announcing my solo show “Do You Remember” at the River Road Gallery with River Road Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Maryland from February 2-April 6, 2025.

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#dcartist

28.01.2025 01:30 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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What would they think of us together in the theater?
Acrylic on canvas,
20” x 20”
#abstractartist #contemporaryart#abstractlandscape #dcartist

22.01.2025 02:09 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0