Joanlee Ferrara: Teacher, friend and respected artist. In her memory, her family has donated the paintings below to Villa Duchesne, where she taught happily for so many years, and the alumnae association to which both she and her daughter belonged. Browse the pictures and descriptions below. To bid on a painting, put a comment below it on this site or send an email to elferrara@yahoo.co.uk. We will award the paintings to the highest bids at 3:30pm on Saturday, 12 March, the date of Joanlee's memorial service.

All proceeds will go to fund art education at Villa Duchesne.

Saturday 19 February 2011

Fleurs Jaune


Framed. 24" by 27". Few things are more cheerful than a bunch of yellow flowers in a blue vase. Mom never made it to Provence, but she would have painted a lot more like this had she done so. Even though this was done in the early '70s, before she made it to France, to me it shows the influence of French 19th century painters and her desire to visit the artistic inspirations of Europe.

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