Stories without Words

“Each of the images in my exhibition is intended to inspire the viewer to create the stories that they feel would accompany any particular scene or form. It is an invitation to allow the imagination to run riot. Who was the person who left the basket by the door? What creature will emerge through the stems of a botanical panorama? What insect’s weight could be borne by such a delicate looking flower? From where had that insect flown? How long had it taken for the cobwebs to grow over the stained glass window? Who else has seen those things? What were they looking for when they noticed them? If you were tiny, what journey would your bicycle take over a gigantic human form?”

A regular exhibitor at Harbour House in recent years, Maureen has extended her range of papers, suiting the paper to the subject in a far more experienced manner. Continuing health problems have dictated that she replace her beloved Nikon D300 camera, ‘down-weighting’ to other Nikon models and “other aids that have helped to solve problems and should keep me going for a few more years yet!”

In the last two years Maureen has worked closely with Children’s Hospice South West, and some of the proceeds of sales from this exhibition will be donated to the Charity. She has granted the Hospice full use of all images of butterflies and dragonflies for their own fundraising.

Recently Maureen has significantly developed botanical themes. Her work is used extensively by the estate of Coombe Trenchard near Okehampton, and as an invited photographer at Fast Rabbit Farm near Dartmouth, she is involved with finding innovative ways of recording the progress and development of the 43 acre site. The Garden House at Buckland Monachorum continues to use her work in publicity and in illustrated talks, and she has been invited to exhibit there in 2015, as well as at venues in Brittany.

For more information visit http://www.harbourhouse.org.uk/gallery-maureendouglas-green14.html