| ABOUT THE ARTIST |
She has exhibited in galleries in Michigan, Illinois, and Florida. Her love of art and education has been combined in workshops that she occasionally teaches and in demonstrations she has given to watercolor societies in Michigan and Indiana. She was Artist-in-Residence for the March Festival of Arts in Holland and at the Franciscan Life Center in Lowell, MI. Her paintings have been included in juried competitions at the Detroit Institute of Art, The University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan Watercolor Society, the Krasl Art Center, the Muskegon Art Museum, Lansing Art Gallery, and Grand Rapids Festival. The Holland Tulip Time Festival commissioned her to design their 1989 and 1990 posters. In 1997 she was commissioned to draw a limited edition series of prints for the city of Zeeland’s Sesquicentennial celebration. Her work is included in many private and corporate collections, including Michigan Medical Society, Macatawa Bank, Huntington Bank, Fifth-Third Bank, Paragon Bank, Haworth Corporation, Holland Community Hospital, Muskegon Hospital, North Ottawa Hospital, Sparrow Hospital, Spectrum Hospitals, and Dow Chemical Company. Her paintings also are part of the permanent collections of the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, and West Shore Community College. Although primarily a watercolorist, MacLeod Occasionally mixes in acrylics to give a sharper tone to her work. The landscapes and flowers of the Midwest are her favorite subjects. Read more about Maxine in the Holland Sentinel:
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Maxine MacLeod has been a resident of Michigan most of her life. After graduating from Wheaton College in Illinois, she raised a family of three and taught elementary school and preschool. In 1980 she decided to make her lifelong dream a reality and went back to college to pursue her painting interests. Her formal art education includes a Master of Arts degree from Western Michigan University and numerous professional workshops.