May Artist: Joan Anthony

During library hours this May, Burnham Library is delighted to showcase works in watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media by Joan Murray Anthony, featuring botanical art and birds.

An artist for over 30 years, Joan’s current work was inspired at the start of COVID, when she spent time at Hollister House Garden in Washington, painting there. When many places were closed down, the garden offered a welcome refuge and offered new subjects. Working in plein air, she lightly sketches flower subjects, then freely applies watercolor. As the painting progresses, she adds more detail, lines, and complementary colors.

Additionally, the exhibit will include closely observed botanical drawings and birds, collaged over an acrylic background painted to suggest a landscape. The natural elements appear to float, suggesting the interconnectedness of all life. She has incorporated leaf printing in several of the works.

Her work has been exhibited at P.H. Miller Gallery, Westover School, Washington Art Association, the Six-Pack Art Collective, Woodbury Public Library, Howard Whittemore Library, Flanders Art Exhibits, and Arts Alliance of Woodbury shows.