A painter based in Sharon, Connecticut, Colleen McGuire works from direct observation, often en plein air. Her subject matter is her immediate environment, including her home, locations in her hometown, and the rolling Berkshires landscape. She sees her paintings as a visual record of the routine encounters in daily life, with the intention of capturing sensations of light and space. Drawn to architecture and nature, varying times of day, and the seasons, finding motifs in familiar surroundings allows McGuire the opportunity for deep visual examination through the materiality of paint. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Color and Light (Western CT State University), Colleen McGuire: Night and Day (Standard Space, Sharon Connecticut) and Understory (Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York). McGuire received a BA in Painting from SUNY Purchase and MFA in Visual Arts from Western Connecticut State University, where she works as an adjunct professor in the Department of Art.