On Friday evening, we hosted an opening reception for popular Nantucket artist Joanna Kane, who exhibited new abstract works in an exhibition entitled "Idle Tools." According to Joanna, the exhibition was inspired by tools of all shapes and sizes sitting around uncharacteristically idle in her husband’s mill shop due to the slowdown in construction during the past year. She relocated a number of the tools into her art studio to use as subjects for her series of abstract paintings. The result was 16 new mixed media works, all of which are displayed in the exhibition. Joanna utilizes a mixture of milk paint and acrylics in a complex layering process to come up with her signature look of color and form.
Raised in Connecticut in a family of artists, Joanna holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art from the Kansas City Art Institute. She has been a resident of Nantucket for the past 26 years. While her early work focused on the decorative arts and she spent many years as a commissioned furniture artist for clients both nationally and internationally, she now focuses solely on abstract painting and drawing. She is represented exclusively by galleryblue and her work can also be viewed at Cinco Restaurant on island.
Her early decorative arts work includes the game board tables at American Seasons restaurant and tables in the Weezie children's library at the Atheneum. Below are some of Joanna's outstanding abstract works in the new exhibition.
If you're down on Old South Wharf, look for the photo below marking the entry to Joanna's exhibition. It doesn't cost anything to go inside the gallery and appreciate this talented artist's work. Of course, we're happy to sell you any of the works that appeal to you! When you visit, you might have an opportunity to meet Joanna when she's hanging out at the gallery with her little chihuahua puppy Georgie.
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