On Sunday, December 6, at 4:00 pm, the Lenox Library Association’s 2009-2010 Distinguished Lecture Series continues with a show and lecture by award-winning painter, Joan Griswold. Griswold will present images of her work and bring some actual pieces to show. She will discuss her art work, her interests, and the techniques she uses to paint landscapes, still lifes, interiors, portraits, and more.
Joan Griswold’s work is marked by strong mass and a striking use of light and shade that instantly intrigues the eye. Her signature style came into being when she moved from England to Sheffield, Massachusetts in 1986. Ms. Griswold’s award-winning work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions, and has been acclaimed in the New York Times and other publications.
“The painter is pitch-perfect and never more so than in her study of a bedside lamp casting a golden glow over the patterns on a wallpaper and a quilt.”
– Vivien Raynor New York Times, August 20, 1995“an accomplished painter who can evoke either a lively or intimate sense of place at will” – Anna Clune The Artful Mind, June 1999
“Joan Griswold’s still lifes practically invite viewers to step inside” – Sheryl Lechner Berkshire Living September 2008 (To view entire article, visit joangriswold.com/reviews.htm)
Joan Griswold says:
“I aim to capture light. With paint. I enjoy mixing paint, brushing it on, wiping it out and scumbling it back on; I love making what looks like a mess, has all the energy of a mess, up close. But as you step back, the mess becomes a book on a desk, a pillow on a couch, lamplight across a bed.”
Admission to this lecture is FREE and open to all.
No reservations are required.
About Joan Griswold
Joan Griswold was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1954. With her family she moved to Rochester, New York, and then in 1970 to Kobe, Japan. After graduating from an international high school, she spent a year in Kyoto studying the language and pottery of Japan. She graduated from Beloit College in 1977 with a double major in Classics and Studio Art. After a few years of foreign travel, she settled in New York where she opened and ran a small art gallery and frame shop for five years.
In 1986 she moved to the Berkshires where she now lives with her husband, Roy Blount, Jr. Her work can be found in many private collections throughout the US and Europe.
To preview Joan Griswold’s Artwork and to learn more about Joan Griswold, visit her website: joangriswold.com.
The Distinguished Lecture Series has been organized and is hosted by
Prof. Jeremy Yudkin of Lenox.
All programs in the Distinguished Lecture Series are FREE and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the following sponsors: Mary Nash Consulting and The Barefoot Gardener Company, LLC
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