Sausalito's Artists Open Studios

I have been a practicing artist for the past 40 years. In the past 10 years my work has become increasingly more literary and with philosophical. I am now as engaged with writing as with the visual arts and seeks to bring together by writing about the art world and marking art about ideas.  

Joanne has had exhibitions in major cities across the U.S., and has received a number of awards for her mixed media work.

The paintings that you are about to see are multi-layered paintings. They consist of several sheets of collaged and painted Plexiglas. First I create a painting on canvas that is compositionally complete. 

    This is mounted on the first sheet. Then I add images. I take some of the pictures with a digital camera, some images are found and scanned. I manipulate the color, size, and texture of the image and print it on clear film. I then adhere the images to the subsequent sheets of acrylic. 

    I add more paint as I build, shuffling and reworking each sheet as I go. When assembled, the colors and images composite with those above and below to give an impression of floating, groundlessness and depth. 

    Because the layers are separated, light is allowed to come inside illuminating the painting from within. The disparate images in the finished piece invite us to create meanings and in doing so we experience the depths of our own minds.

 My works may be seen at the Industrial Center Building, 480 Gate 5 Road, Studio # 260A, Sausalito, Ca. 415-332-8133