Meg Maguire is a New Zealand painter whose work sits at the intersection of myth, landscape, and the psychological tensions of ordinary life. Based in rural North Canterbury, she works through a hybrid process: beginning with a direct, single-session first pass before developing each work through selective layering that deepens form, atmosphere, and symbolic resonance.

Maguire’s practice draws on long-term research into watchers, thresholds, the Minotaur, and the quiet rituals of everyday experience. She has exhibited regularly, including receiving the Eastside Development Award for The Conversation, and is enrolled in upcoming Classical Studies and Art History papers at Massey University and the University of Canterbury.

Her recent work focuses on the symbolic weight of lived moments—how a gesture, a landscape, or a mythic echo can fold meaning back into a life.

Maguire is developing a long-form written project, Labyrinth Notes, which parallels her visual work and explores the symbolic frameworks underlying her practice. Her paintings have been exhibited at Eastside Gallery and in regional shows throughout Canterbury, with works held in private collections across Canterbury and Australia.