{"id":45,"date":"2025-11-27T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureenmcqueen.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:15:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maureenmcqueen.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de64669 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5de64669\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:81,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/maureenmcqueen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Monday-crash-3.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:82,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/maureenmcqueen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Monday-crash-4.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:83,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/maureenmcqueen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Monday-Crash.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3761f09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3761f09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9f30cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b9f30cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Shop\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2364757c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2364757c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77607810 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77607810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ambition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e6b1d6 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35e6b1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Driven but feeling the weight<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d7cce4 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72d7cce4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:1500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e16d3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e16d3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"265\"><strong data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"198\"><em>My first collection, Ambition Studies<\/em>,<\/strong> follows <em><strong>Hito,<\/strong><\/em> a figure I created as a reflection of myself and the phase I\u2019m in. This collection is my story: my ambition, my pressure, and the expectations I place on myself. In <em data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"396\"><strong>Deflated Dreams<\/strong> <\/em>ambition grows so strongly it becomes overwhelming. In <strong><em data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"466\">Monday Crash<\/em> <\/strong>the pressure arrives too early the week begins before I\u2019m ready, and the body still needs loading time. In <em><strong>Swallowed<\/strong><\/em> ambition, workload, and expectations merge into one force that consumes <em><strong>Hito<\/strong><\/em>, just as these moments sometimes consume me. Together, these works show how ambition can drive me forward, yet also become heavy to carry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43319b79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43319b79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b18b68 elementor-pagination-position-inside animated-slow elementor-skin-carousel elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"5b18b68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"White fictional figure (Hito) interacting with a glossy blue sculptural form\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maureenmcqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Laag-4-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C1920&amp;ssl=1&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc4956 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcc4956\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e10256 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e10256\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27d3eb elementor-widget__width-initial animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c27d3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beyond hito<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e58a3d animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e58a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ambitious, not untouched by strain<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c82817 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c82817\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:1500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22dce8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22dce8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"421\">Alongside the <em><strong>Ambition Studies project with Hito<\/strong><\/em>, I create works shaped by what I encounter in daily life and during my travels. Brief encounters, shifting landscapes, and unexpected details often become starting points. Sometimes it\u2019s a moment of atmosphere, other times a fragment of texture or movement that stays with me.<\/p><p data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"584\">These pieces stand apart from Hito: they follow whatever catches my attention on the road, allowing my practice to expand beyond a single narrative or character.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2ef0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd2ef0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d86cc3 elementor-pagination-position-inside animated-slow elementor-skin-carousel elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"6d86cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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