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

Summer Explosion

Watercolor (unframed, no mat). This riot of color is the garden Mom always wanted. As the trees around her house got ever more mature, throwing her beds into increasing shade, she never did get her flowers to bloom in this profusion. She had to paint them instead.
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  1. Anne K.21 February 2011 at 09:16

    I bid $100 (plus shipping to NY)! This would look lovely in my sewing room and I would smile, thinking of Joanlee and this great cause.

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  2. Ellen Ferrara2 March 2011 at 14:18

    $150 - Katie Lane

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