Joanne Thorne Arnold
Expressionist
It was Van Gogh who said, "Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life". My abstract oil paintings are color fields that capture nature at our periphery. My intention is to use color by reducing it to an essence of what we feel about space and light. Instead of painting things, the idea is to paint the spirit of what we see: not the actual earth, sea, or sky, but the sensation of atmosphere.
I grew up during a cultural blast of color. Peter Max was the poster artist; his work was on practically every wall in school. Cartoons were big, television shows were in "living color" and films were in "Technicolor." It couldn’t be ignored.
The skies, the light, and the hills of the Southern Tier of New York inspire many of my compositions. The energy of my work is contemplative whether it is veils of weightless color or thin lines that suggest the figurative. Harmony and balance are central to the aesthetic.
Technicolor: Color Beyond Nature
Joanne Thorne Arnold’s soothing color fields are tapestries of light, which have been featured in galleries and private collections throughout the Northeast. In 2004, Joanne was awarded an artist’s residency at the Constance Saltonstall Arts Colony in Ithaca, New York. In 2002, she was awarded a painting residency at the Summer Six Skidmore College art immersion in Saratoga, New York.
Joanne’s work can be seen in the permanent collections of Broome Community College and the Broome County Public Library in Binghamton, New York. In 2001, her whimsical button design for First Night Binghamton was honored by First Night International. In 2005, Joanne’s work was exhibited at the Orazio Salati Gallery and was selected for the group exhibition, "Concept::Create::Cure". Her work was also featured in the choreographed event, "Sensory Perception" at the Endicott Performing Arts Center. Joanne’s paintings are represented by the Kenneth Raymond Gallery in Boca Raton, Florida.
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