Featured artist
Jane Foley Ferraro
New York, USA
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
"A Lighter Heart"
Acrylic 12 x 24 2019 |
"Day Breaks, Night Falls"
Oil & Cold Wax 30 x 30 2018 |
"We look farther on"
Acrylic 30 x 30 2019 |
Painting/Drawing - Abstract
"He Said, She Said #2"
Acrylic 6x 6 2017 |
"He Said, She Said #3"
Acrylic 6 x 6 2017 |
"He Said, She Said #12"
Acrylic 6 x 6 2017 |
Artist Statement/Bio
My painting practice is mainly focused on landscape and how to convey the emotion and mood inherent in that magical place where land meets sky - the horizon. This theme has become an intuitive departure point in my work which lies somewhere between realism and abstraction. I hope that my memories and imagination create landscapes that the viewer can imbue with their own associative thoughts and feelings. I also enjoy exploring purely abstract ideas as well. I admire the Impressionists and Abstract Expressionists. My influences include, but certainly are not limited to, Monet, O'Keeffe, Turner, Inness, Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Jane Wilson. Working in oil and cold wax as well as acrylic, I relish the happy accidents which are always an inspiration to me.
The following quote by Seth Godin echoes my hopes and desires around my own need to create: "Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another."
My journey of art-making began at the age of eighteen with my first camera. It was a joy to look through the viewfinder and compose my own world then see the image come to life in the darkroom. I have been creating images ever since in a variety of media including collage, printmaking, and, my main focus, painting. I have advanced my creative practice through workshops, university fine art courses, private mentoring and self-study. At the age of fifty I received my Masters in Social Work. During my years as a psychotherapist I continued to create my own art and encouraged my clients to consider expression through art. Since retiring I am now in my studio full-time. My original passion remains the same, to revel in the joy of creation and, hopefully, bring the viewer along with me.
Exhibiting in regional and national juried exhibitions since 1994.
Collections: Savannah College of Art & Design, numerous private collections.
Affiliations: Buffalo Society of Artists, Western New York Artists Group
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
"Work of Six Artists" 2019 Artists Group Gallery, Buffalo, NY
"POP: The Power of Pink" 2019 The New Studio for the Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
Maryland Federation of Art "Stormy Weather" Curve Online Gallery 2019
"Horizons" by Jane Foley Ferraro, One-Woman Show, Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY 2019
Selected for ArtsyShark Spring 2019 Artist Showcase
"The Color of Light" Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT 2017
(Complete listing on website)
My painting practice is mainly focused on landscape and how to convey the emotion and mood inherent in that magical place where land meets sky - the horizon. This theme has become an intuitive departure point in my work which lies somewhere between realism and abstraction. I hope that my memories and imagination create landscapes that the viewer can imbue with their own associative thoughts and feelings. I also enjoy exploring purely abstract ideas as well. I admire the Impressionists and Abstract Expressionists. My influences include, but certainly are not limited to, Monet, O'Keeffe, Turner, Inness, Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Jane Wilson. Working in oil and cold wax as well as acrylic, I relish the happy accidents which are always an inspiration to me.
The following quote by Seth Godin echoes my hopes and desires around my own need to create: "Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another."
My journey of art-making began at the age of eighteen with my first camera. It was a joy to look through the viewfinder and compose my own world then see the image come to life in the darkroom. I have been creating images ever since in a variety of media including collage, printmaking, and, my main focus, painting. I have advanced my creative practice through workshops, university fine art courses, private mentoring and self-study. At the age of fifty I received my Masters in Social Work. During my years as a psychotherapist I continued to create my own art and encouraged my clients to consider expression through art. Since retiring I am now in my studio full-time. My original passion remains the same, to revel in the joy of creation and, hopefully, bring the viewer along with me.
Exhibiting in regional and national juried exhibitions since 1994.
Collections: Savannah College of Art & Design, numerous private collections.
Affiliations: Buffalo Society of Artists, Western New York Artists Group
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
"Work of Six Artists" 2019 Artists Group Gallery, Buffalo, NY
"POP: The Power of Pink" 2019 The New Studio for the Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
Maryland Federation of Art "Stormy Weather" Curve Online Gallery 2019
"Horizons" by Jane Foley Ferraro, One-Woman Show, Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY 2019
Selected for ArtsyShark Spring 2019 Artist Showcase
"The Color of Light" Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT 2017
(Complete listing on website)
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY