#mixedmediaart – NMcguire Studio

UPDATE!

Published November 10, 2025

Back in June 2025 I posted the following:

(Huh? Wait… Hearts, green blue, yellow and pink? WHAT THE FAMILY? … hmmm little sneak peek at my next project- HUH? Can’t figure out what I’m doing, hold tight and more will be revealed later this year, Think October… think Art this Way- @solarartsbuilding #solarartsbuilding. Sorry, folks you will just have to wait to see the finished project making its debut this fall at Solar Arts Building.)

Well, it’s that time!!! Art this way starts my holiday kick-off holiday art shows for the next 4 weekends. I will have new works for sale and demoing new works at this time for the public to view. What to know what new works I’m currently exploring? Sorry, no photos this time around you want to know come to one of the shows listed below:

Art this Way- Solar arts building Nov- 14-16^th

Schmidt artists holiday market- in Gallery Nov- 22-23^rd

Small business Saturday- Solar Arts Nov-29^th

Light up the night- Solar Arts Dec-4-6

solar arts website: https://solarartsbuilding.com/

Art-A- Whirl……. 30 years of fabulous artists opening their studio!

Published May 8, 2025

Are you getting dizzy yet? Can you feel the energy building as AAW approaches?

There is so much to see, do, and even make art this weekend, and for my out-of-state Peeps, it’s time to plan your visit to check us out!

Feel the art energy vibrating all weekend long- recharge your soul- be at peace- come to be loved- celebrate we are all one

Fun fact: The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District has won the “10 Best Reader’s Choice Travel Award” for #1 Arts District in the USA Today three times: 2015, 2022, and 2023. That’s just #1 other years we’ve ranched in the top 10.

My studio is in The Solar Arts building

https://solarartsbuilding.com/solar-arts-building-events

address: 711 NE 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413

2^nd floor studio #205

Dates: May 16^th– 18^th 2025

If art is not enough to pull you in, Indeed Brewery (1^st floor) has BEER, AND BANDS playing all weekend long.. still not enough?? Well then you are a princess and feel nothing will ever be enough for you! All others come and hang out with me and hear about my processes of creating my Commando photozaics- will also demonstrate my art too. I will be debuting a few new works as well.

Passports on Parade- Winner!

Published November 12, 2024

Kareen, the winner of Passports on Parade, decided on the artwork she wanted, and I’m blessed to announce it was one of my works, a Formal photozaic Titled Gateway to Racepoint Beach.

The back story on Passports on Parade can be found here:

Passports on Parade

Gateway to Racepoint Beach

Gateway can offer up an over welcoming feeling of “come on in”. This scene offers that feeling with a side of warning to those that don’t pay attention to their environment. I don’t mind the locals and will respect their home. If I’m not meant to be in the ocean I will sit quietly on the shore watching a movie of waves play on repeat for my pleasure.

The Cabin Show at Dow Gallery

Published July 30, 2024

The Cabin Show at Dow Gallery

Exhibition dates: august 17^th through October 5^th, 2024

Location: 2242 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55114

Website: https://www.dowartgallery.com/

The great news just keeps pouring in! I have two more works accepted into the Cabin Art show just minutes from my home!

Accepted works:

End of Day

Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully by Kristen Butler- Go out and be one with Mother Nature; allow her to show you we are all one with the universe. So, fill your heart with beautiful images that keep your Soul’s light shining bright! End of Day reminds me of a symphony, where all participants flow in harmony and my camera is the composer- one of the best gifts given to me from nature.

Beach Life

Life is like an Ocean or in this case a Great Lake; sometimes it can be calm, rough waves, gorgeous blue waters, or jet black with white caps but at the end of the day it is always beautiful. Simple views like this help me recharge my soul, releasing creativity like endorphins after a workout so I can share my visual art to the world.

Haven: Place of Comfort & Contemplation

Published July 25, 2024

Exhibition Dates: August 15- September 22, 2024

282 S. High Street

Sebastopol, CA 95472

https://www.sebarts.org

Hint of Gold

Robert Frost wrote this perfectly: Nothing Gold Can Stay. Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then the leaf subsides to leaf So Eden Sank to grief, so dawn goes down today. Nothing gold can Stay. This view recharges my soul, I love sitting on my parent’s shoreline watching the sunsets and June didn’t disappoint. There’s no better way to reflect on a beautiful day than watching the sunset, knowing tomorrow will be just as amazing. I enjoy my time spent with Mom especially after Dad passed away a few years back. It’s funny how life’s perspectives change after you lose a parent. I know that someday my time witnessing these beautiful sunsets on my parent’s shoreline will end but they will forever be locked inside my heart.

Guess what time it is…. That’s right! Art-a-Whirl!

Published May 3, 2024

Just two weeks away.

I’m blessed to announce I’m officially renting studio space at Solar Arts Building, second-floor studio #205. I share this space with 3 other artists, and I am happy to have a home here at Solar!

Details on AAW

Solar arts building: https://solarartsbuilding.com/solar-arts-building-events/

Dates: May 17^th– through 19th.

I will also have a piece or two in Fox Den – under Art to change the world.

ACW: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mission/

This year I’m participating in Passports on Parade this weekend too! Check out the website for more details and how to get your passport- there is a limited amount so do not hesitate.

Passports on Parade

I call it a scavenger hunt for artists’ stamps in the passport. Why do this? Opportunities to learn about the artist and their visions, see great art, and win $500.00 credit to spend on ACW artwork! I know, AWESOME!

Side note:

My stamp is CheeBah approved! Who doesn’t love a Corgi??

Below are some samples you will see this weekend.

2024 art crawl – Schmidt Artist Lofts

Published March 14, 2024

Saint Paul’s Spring Art Crawl- weekend

Dates: April 19th through the 21st.

Times: Friday 6-9 pm, Saturday 12-7 pm and Sunday 12-5 pm

Address: 900 W. 7^th Street Saint Paul, MN 55102 (just look for the large smokestack with “Schmidt’s”)

Website: https://stpaulartcollective.org/

I’m blessed to be one of the visiting artists for the 2024 Art Crawl at Schmidt Artists Lofts. So much talent is located in this historic Brewery! I will be in the atrium and will be demonstrating my commando photozaics showing my process. Along with my photozaics both Commando and Formal, I will have canvas-wrapped infrared photos. I will have matted prints in color and IR in various sizes (these are 50% off). I am introducing my dragonfly ornaments made from wire and various stones that help with, negative energy, prosperity, grounding, and protection!

Samples of my works for this show!

Out of Blue

Published July 10, 2023

National juried Exhibition

Presented by Gallery Underground

2100 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202

Exhibition dates: July 31^st to August 25^th, 2023

Juried by Susan O’Neill

https://www.arlingtonartistsalliance.org/

The accepted work of art is Breakpoint at Racepoint.

This image was taken in October 2022 in Massachusetts as I was blessed with another exhibition there and had the ability to explore this beautiful state. I will be going back this October again to explore more areas and even New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest.

Below is a quote that fit this work of art.

Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free. – Christy Ann Martine. I spend hours sitting on the sand becoming one with my surroundings listening to the sounds and watching the constant everchanging waves crashing the shore helping me recharge my soul. It’s nature’s symphony that warms my heart.

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SOLD- Forest of Birch again- but larger sized work.

Published May 22, 2023

WOW- just WOW this must be the year of the Birch-This one sold this past weekend at Art-A-Whirl, which is now in the books, made a ton of great connections, and excited to collaborate with new clients on commissions. Don’t fret my peeps, I will be making this one in my Commando series and I will always have this one available in the formal series- just no longer stocking it.

This one that sold over the weekend is sized 8x10photo matted 11×14 frame OD 20x17x1.

Art – a-Whirl

Published May 15, 2023

Solar Arts Building

Art- A -Whirl- US’s largest art show! A must-see event with so much talent located in the NE Minneapolis neighborhood.

I’m blessed this year again to be showing my art at Solar Arts Building in two fabulous locations: the 2nd-floor Fox Den Gallery (a part of Art to Change the World) and the 3rd-floor Mintahoe event space. (roughly 30 artists on this floor alone). OH, and you Homer Simpson’s out there- Indeed Brewery is on the first floor; so, Yay there’s beer here!!!

May 19^th-21^st Northeast Minneapolis area, MN.

https://solarartsbuilding.com/

https://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/art-a-whirl-map/

Side note: Yes, I do commission work – so bring your images with you to discuss options.

Harriet Island Eagle small commando photozaic

Reflections on Wachusett's Resvervoir Commando photozaic- Medium — Harriet Island Eagle small commando photozaic