Maxine Hoover is a New York City-based fine artist and curator whose work explores the fluid relationship between the physical and spiritual realms. A lifelong painter, she began receiving commissions at age 16 and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology and Politecnico Di Milano. Her practice involves experimental self-portraiture with unconventional materials, drawing inspiration from meditation, dreams, and most recently, her time at sea.

After spending time off land while completing month-long ocean voyages isolated on a historical sailboat, she deepened her connection to themes of surrender, stillness, and vastness—elements that now permeate her large scale paintings on sails.