Maureen Gasek

Artist: Creator of visual and functional objects that make the imagination and heart shine. Statement:
I believe a full understanding of our emotional nature fuels and nurtures our visual imagination. Each piece is an exploration of emotion and nature which allows the viewers imagination to come to life. I create works that individuals are the explorer and find life within. The colors and layers I use, resonate with and relate differently to each individuals spirit.

I am grateful for everything I have done and will aspire to do. I love where my work is taking me and where it takes others.

Objective: Create beautiful, visual and functional objects.


Maureen has been painting and working with other media since childhood. She studied at the University of Wisconsin, Stout and graduated with honors with a degree in Graphic Design. Her other concentrations were painting, metals, photography and English. Maureen has worked in many commercial design areas as a graphic designer, agency director and more. She currently owns her own graphics and consulting company, Epsilon Design & Consulting, teaches painting at Water Street Studios in Batavia, IL. and designs jewelry.
Maureen has always loved working with her hands and patiently began creating about the age of 5. She sold her first piece of art in first grade for .25 cents, a collage of the tracings of her hands. Art is a part of her life and daily thought process. Her inspirations are emotions and nature which are reflected in both her paintings and jewelry work.
Art critics and peers have called her work dynamic with a graphic touch. Colleagues, peers and instructors have praised her use of color, one stated “Maureen really knows how color works and embodies it in
each piece” A student declared” I cannot look at the world the same way anymore, Maureen has really changed how I look at everything, there is so much more out there.”A seasoned art curator reviewed her portfolio and stated" A very solid adstract artists with only one way to go, UP!"


April 07- Alzheimer’s Association Unforgettable Art Live Paint, Rockford Live auction price $775
April 08 - Alzheimer’s Association Unforgettable Art Live Paint, Rockford Live auction price $1600
April 09 - Alzheimer’s Association Unforgettable Art Live Paint, Rockford Live auction price $525
Nov 08 - Freeport Art Museum, “Paint the Town” Annual Dinner Fund Raiser Live auction price $775
May 08 - Prairie Festival of the Arts, Schuamburg, IL
June 08 - Featured Artists on Fox Valley Today, WSPY TV
June 08 - Promenade of the Arts, Yorkville, IL 3rd place
July 08 - Aurora Art League 50th Anniversary Show, Aurora IL 2nd place
August 08 - Art in the Park, Freeport, IL Best in Show, Peoples Choice
September 08 - Lincoln Park Art Faire, Chicago. IL
October 10 - November 21,08 - Yorkville Public Library Gallery
November 08 - Present - Water Street Gallery, Batavia, IL
December 5- January 10, 09 – Dunn Bros Coffee Gallery, Aurora
March 09 – Kendall Arts Guild Exhibition, Aurora
March 27- May 24, 09 - Lost and Found Exhbit, Aurora Public Arts Commission
March 09 Aurora Art Walk, Aurora Regional Fire Museum Exhibit Space
May 09 - Prairie Festival of the Arts, Schuamburg, IL
June 17- July 26, 09 Murphy Hill Gallery, Chicago, IL
June 09 - Art on the Fox, Algonquin, IL
June 09 - Art on the Lawn, Rockford, IL
June 09 - Heritage Days, Belvidere, IL
July 09 - American Society of Artists, Goldcoast, Chicago, IL
September 09 - Art in the Park, Freeport, IL
September 09 - Lincoln Park Art Faire, Chicago, IL
September 09 - RAM Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
October 09 - 2009 American Art Collector Book, Published
November 3 - Dec 4 09 - University of Illinois, Chicago, Solo show
February 2010 - Paramount Theatre Grand Gallery, Aurora, IL
Secretary Kendall Arts Guild, 08
Member Chicago Artists’ Coalition, 08
Member Aurora Art League, 08
Commitee Member Cultural Creative, Aurora, IL
Selected Artist for DiscoveredArtists.com

Water Street Studio Gallery 08, 09