JoAnn Smith lives out in the country in the southern Finger Lakes of New York, down a half-mile drive which she admits is "fun in winter." She has no neighbors, she says, "but I have deer, turkeys, grouse and beautiful birds to keep me company." Her 1859 farmhouse is surrounded by colorful gardens (she is a Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardner).
When the opportunity arose, she began to paint the all-white interior of her home "to make it feel like summer in wintertime. It's like living in one of my artworks-a very nesting feeling." Her artworks are colorful, fanciful images of fruits and trees painted on canvas or panels as well as on found objects. Eventually her home had more than her artwork. It now has painted walls, ceilings and floors as well as painted floor cloths-a popular craft in the 18th and 19th centuries and completely in keeping with her old farmhouse. For her wall art she built and painted frames out of materials she found at rummage sales.
I first saw JoAnn's wall art and painted furniture in a local gallery. In a long cold winter, it brightened my spirit and made me smile. That's a good response to a work of art.
When I saw what she had begun doing in her home, I thought of Charleston, a farmhouse down a long farm track in the south of England. It was a place the Charleston Trust explains, that attracted "the 20th century's most radical artists, writers and thinkers known collectively as the Bloomsbury group. It is where they lived out their progressive social and artistic ideals." In 1916, the artists Vanessa Bell and.
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FULL EXPOSURE
Photographer Conor Martin documents the present using photographic methods of the past.
Autumnal Light
The landscapes and nature scenes of painter Jennifer Sowders are irresistibly tactile, filled with varying textures that seem to leap off the canvas.
Art for All
Members of Art Dealers Association of America come together for a philanthropic affair.
Modern Marketplace
Redwood Art Group brings together the San Diego region for another class-act celebration of contemporary artwork.
An Enchanting Evening
Scottsdale Artists’ School knows how to throw an art party.
Timeless Tales
Soft, warm undertones underscore the mood of enchantment that runs through Nom Kinnear King’s paintings.
Next Exit New York
Coming off his series that focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles freeway signs, artist Eric Nash’s sights are now set on New York. Now on view at George Billis Gallery's Manhattan location are seven of Nash's new oil paintings and two drawings that explore the signage of New York City freeways. Although Nash's work is tightly rendered, he doesn’t consider himself a photorealist, but rather someone who utilizes those techniques to express ideas.
Monster Mash
Vampires, witches, ghouls and all things that go bump in the night are the theme of the exhibition Monster Mash, now at Abend Gallery.
Inside/Outside
Those familiar with Geoffrey Johnson's populated by inky figures and trailing shadows that bleed into the wet streets, and architectural elements obscured to varying degrees by the misty atmosphere.
Bold Figures; Bold Color
For Brooklyn based painter J Louis, it’s all about balance, which can mean many different things in a composition, but for Louis, it’s about balancing his female figures among a unique landscape of color.
