b. 1943, New York, NY
Joan Thorne is a third generation Abstract Expressionist who has exhibited works over the past 30 years. Her art has been shown in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, the Whitney Museum’s Annual Exhibition, the Grand Palais in Paris, and Barbara Rose’s seminal exhibition American Painting: The Eighties at New York University’s Grey Gallery.
"I consider myself a metaphysical abstractionist making images which come out of my life experience. The images in my paintings are not only drawn from visual inspiration, but from memory, dreams, travel, nature and reverie as well as the intuitive process of painting. I am interested in connecting the poetic image with the painted and in the metaphysical content of the painting. Color and Light are of foremost importance in my work." - Joan Thorne
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,TX
Portland Museum, MN