|  Joan
Brancale earned a MFA in Theatre Design at New York
University Tisch School of the Arts, a BA Cum Laude in Theatre
Arts at
Mount Holyoke College and she has studied oil painting with
John Kilroy, Charles Sovek and Lois Griffel.
Her work was recently selected for the 2006
“Best and Brightest” Art
Show at Scottsdale Artists’ School. Paintings have also been
included in many juried shows on the South Shore. Prizes at
North River Arts Society include Award of Excellence and a
First Prize
for oils: most recently the Society selected her work for publication
in it's first annual Calendar. Awards have also been won at
South Shore Art Center's Festival of the Arts.
Artist’s Statement
I take a chance moment of visual delight
and develop a painting idea. It is often a split second
response to a view, experience or circumstance that compels
me to set
down a memory. Sometimes I'm lucky to capture the
painting “en plein air” but often my work is
developed in the studio.
The ideas that become paintings are interpretative images. Guided by an initial
impulse I allow my ideas time to develop, creating a folder which gathers supporting
visual research, field work, design roughs and a search for ‘the
hook’, perhaps a title which helps me keep focused on what’s key.
When I'm ready to paint, spontaneity has been prepared for but there are always
surprises ahead and it’s exciting to see a painting determine it’s
own path. Fear and fun mix in the process…but hopefully magic results.
My collection offers landscapes relishing the
delights and hidden charms a summer on the Cape has to
offer. |
