Maureen McCabe paints iridescent abstract landscapes that evoke earthly and otherworldly terrain. McCabe creates her cosmic topographies in a spin on action painting, where her tools come from the kitchen and her motions from massage therapy. In her distinctive process, she works on panels set flat on butcher-block carts with casters. Moving along with the artwork, she pours, drips, sculpts, and builds, using a mix of molding paste and acrylic paint in the luminous hues of gemstones. Thick with impasto, each surface reflects and radiates light.

The artist, who earned her BFA at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, lives and works in Metro Boston. Her art is in many private and public collections, including Boston Children's Hospital and Charles River Community Health in Brighton.