Color and form excite the eye.
About Me
Artist Statement:
Oriented towards abstraction, I explore with my work the interconnectedness of shapes and color in the natural landscapes with the eye’s various interpretations of this vision. This vision focuses on the movement of colors and spaces over a time period rather than a static, fixed point of view.
Natural forms from wooded areas, water bodies and even the movement of wind on fields provide the structural foundation in my work. Multiple sketches and color palettes are experimented with at first. Creating this sense of movement in nature may entail allowing color to move beyond an original boundary, removing elements to create soft and hard edges and using other techniques to compose in abstract what nature itself produces as it shifts and grows as if in a “time lapse
Education:
In 1970-1971, while attending Skidmore College, June Farnham participated in art classes including studio art. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. degree in 1973 and in 1975 with a M. Arch. degree. She practiced architecture for years. June Farnham has in the last decade renewed her interest in painting and studied techniques and composition on her own and in classes.
Resume
2023 Exhibits
New Members Exhibit – Sivermine Galleries – January
2022 Exhibits
Gallery Curated Group Show – “Locally Sourced” at Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY – May
Juried Group Show – “Future Perfect/Imperfect” at Silvermine Art Galleries, New Canaan, CT – May
2021 Exhibits
Gallery Curated Group Show – “together apART” at Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY – May to July
Gallery Curated Group Show – “Art of Water V” James May Gallery online at Artsy – May to July
Juried Group Show – “Richochet” Katonah Art Museum – online May 15 to June 13
2020 Exhibits
Solo Exhibit – Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY – November
2019 Exhibits
Solo Exhibit – Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY – March
Juried Group Show – Greenwich Botanical Center – June
Solo Exhibit – Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY – August
2017 Exhibits
Group Show – Corporate Office, Purchase, NY – January
Group Show – Northern Westchester Artists Guild – Art Around Town, Chappaqua, NY – June
Solo Exhibit – Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY – October and November
Solo Exhibit – Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY – December
Juried Show – “Crackle” at the Rockefeller State Park Art Gallery, Pleasantville, NY – Dec.
2016 Exhibits
Head in the Clouds – Group show at the Corner Frame Shop, Nyack, NY – February
Living Art Event – Group show at the Steamer Firehouse, Ossining, NY – March
Ossining Arts Council Member Show – Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY – June
Juried Group Shows – Bryan Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT – Sept.-Dec.
Solo Exhibit – Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY – September-November
Juried Show – “Colorful” at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY – October
Juried Show – “Expressions” at the Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT – October
Solo Exhibit – Briarcliff Manor Library, Briarcliff Manor, NY – November
Juried Show – “Crackle” at the Rockefeller State Park Art Gallery, Pleasantville, NY – Nov.
Juried Show – Small Works Exhibition and Sale at Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY – November
June Farnham’s paintings are in private collections and the collection of the Ossining Public Library.