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

Prying Eyes


Framed (no glass). 13.25" x 16.25". Oil on canvas. Mom hated figure painting; this and the next canvas, both from the early '60s, are the only pictures of people you'll find in her whole body of work. The prying eyes refer to the girl staring over the shoulder of the main figure. OK, I admit it. It's a creepy painting. But remember, it's a charity auction. Put in a bid for the hell of it and give it to someone for Halloween. An artistic interpretation of the concept "haunting".
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