Artist statement: October 2011
I take time and care to stretch my own linen canvases and prepare the grounds, much like the old masters used to. In so doing, the surface develops its own character before a paint stroke is applied. My paintings move continuously between realism and imagination. I especially love to paint local scenes, people and places, in and around the Hudson Valley and New York City.
If you are interested in buying a painting or seeing them in person please contact me via email: joanne_orce@hotmail.com
Thanks for visiting,
Joanne
Joanne painting for Shattemuc Yacht Club's Plein Air Live Art Auction, August 6 2011. Shattemuc Yacht Club, Ossining, New York. Photo courtesy of: David Westcott
The Hudson Valley, New York
The Hudson Valley refers to the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York state, United States, from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy.
The Hudson Valley also was the location of the estates of many wealthy New York industrialists, such as John D. Rockefeller and Frederick William Vanderbilt, and of old-moneyed tycoons such as Franklin Roosevelt, who was a descendant of one of the early Dutch families in the region.
The natural beauty of the Hudson Valley has earned the Hudson River the nickname "America's Rhine," a comparison to the famous 40 mile (65 km) stretch of Germany's Rhine River valley between the cities of Bingen and Koblenz. A similar 30-mile (48 km) stretch of the east bank in Dutchess and Columbia counties has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Source: Wikipedia