Intimate Paradox, Solo Show at Blue Raven

Written By Joan Hanley

I’m really looking forward to this show at the Blue Raven Gallery in Rockland Maine. The show runs from September 3 to 30th and I will give an artist talk on September 21 at 5:30PM.

This exhibition marks a welcome return to coastal Maine, where, decades ago, I led Outward Bound trips from Hurricane Island in Penobscot Bay. About the tiltle: my meditation practice and interest in image-based psychology have cultivated a love of paradox. Intimate is a reference to those french painters I love…Bonnard and Vullard in particular.

My sketchbooks will also be on display, providing an intimate glimpse into my creative process. The exhibition traces a journey from initial sketches of everyday, personal moments to small paintings where ideas take shape, culminating in large canvases where compositions come into full focus.

Joan Hanley

Joan Hanley is an artist and mentor.  She has shown her paintings at the Brattleboro Museum, VT, the Mariposa Museum, NH, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, the Open Center NY, the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass, MA, and the Attleboro Museum, MA.

https://www.hanleystudio.com/
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