Learning about Abstract Painter Joan Synder

Joan Synder

Joan Synder - An American abstract painter from New York. Joan Syder earned a MFA from Rutgers University and a Douglass College alumna (1962),   Syder is also the recipient of several Fellowships (Guggenheim & MacArthur “genius grant,” 2007).  

Joan Synder is an accomplished artist with a career spanning four decades. She continues to experiment with materials and techniques and her work evolves around style and form .  She incorporates memory and expresses personal emotions in her work.   

The painting I chose to highlight is Spring Element 2012, oil acrylic and paper papier-mâché on linen, 54" X 66". It is difficult to see the raised parts in the painting from this image, but you can see them in the video.
 

 


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Abstract Art Ideas from Abstract Art Framed

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