Lisa Jacobson and Joanna Murphy Exhibit at RAG
An exhibit of paintings by two outstanding colorists will open at The Roxbury Arts Group’s Walt Meade Gallery on Vega Mountain Road on June 20th. An opening reception will take place on June 21st from 4-6 pm.
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Joannna Murphy attended the Swain School of Art in New Bedford, Mass and subsequently spent formative years in Paris, Northern California and New York City. In the mid-80’s she discovered Provincetown and its legacy as an art colony with extraordinary light. She studied there with colorist and legendary stern taskmaster Henry Hensche. Murphy has traveled and spent time in Tuscany, Ibiza and Managua Nicaragua and she continues to draw inspiration from the new geometry and fresh palettes of foreign places.
A plein air painter, Murphy continues to paint out of doors to keep her colors alive, yet she strives for what she sees as an embellished truth in her final painting palette.
Lisa Jacobson received a Master in Art and Education degree from New York University and has taught art and design in a number of schools and universities. She says “ I have long been committed to making things as well as to understanding made objects as they relate to the way we construct our lives. The action of painting is urged by the perpetual flux of the earth’s spin. … My work is considered abstract as it does not view as an optical scale of reality/ I do not consider my paintings abstract. They are ratios of realities on scales other than the one we can see optically.
Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday from 10 to 4 pm or by appointment. 607 326-7908.