Expressionist nature painter Maeve Croghan has a life-long love of Northern Michigan. Having lived on Mackinac Island every summer of her youth, she developed a deep reverence for the lakes and the surrounding lands. She finds a spiritual beauty in this environment. Her love of the lakes is understood in her energetic and color filled paintings.

Maeve's oil paintings are begun outside "en plein aire." She intensely observes the environment, becoming a part of it as she paints. The paintings are finished in the studio from memory and the painting experience.

The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, Maeve's paintings have been shown in galleries around the country. Recently she participated in museum shows in Anchorage, Alaska and Laguna Beach, California. Castoro Cellars in Templeton, California has chosen her work to grace their award winning wine bottle labels.