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About JOANNE DESMOND
the The long and winding road that leads to your door
Artist Will never disappear, I’ve seen that road before
It always leads me here - Lead me to your door THE BEATLES
And such has been my relationship to art and being an artist – a meandering pathway
of fits and starts to my embracing my role as an artist. Art influenced me at an early age
beginning with my great aunt teaching the fine art of stitching and reading fairy tales
illustrated by Arthur Rackham to being drawn to calligraphy as an elementary school
student, desiring to pursue art in college though it was frowned upon as not being a
viable source of income by my parents.
After one year of college, I quit and made my way to the medical field becoming a
certified cardiac tech. However, the longing of not completing my degree was always in
my heart. At the age of forty I returned to school to pursue my undergrad degree in Art
from the University of MA/Boston, concentrating in printmaking and photography. I was
bitten by the lifelong learning bug compelling me onward to obtain an M.Ed., in Arts &
Learning from Endicott College, a CAGS in Expressive Arts from Salve Regina University,
and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design. During my artistic evolution,
my work has shifted from the traditional use of media into an exploration of materials
and how they can be combined and further developed. My work is now primarily mixed
media, which sometimes takes on a sculptural form.
I live in Berwick, Maine where I have a studio in my home. I am a member of the
Monoprint Guild of NE, The Boston Printmakers, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, and
Unbound Visual Arts – Boston.
About
the I find myself continually curious about the relationship between
memory and emotion as connected with the sensitivities of time,
place, and familial attachment.
Work The notion of hiding, covering up, obscuring the truth – the reality
of who we really are at any given moment in time – has always
intrigued me.
As in an archaeological dig, discovering what lies beneath the
surface of someone or something is what I pursue.
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