Joan
Marron LaRue
Artist Biography
"Alba
D'Chioggia", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
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"Antica
Bragozzi-Chioggia", oil on board
12" x
16" SOLD |
"Barca
D'Enrico", oil on board
12" x
16" SOLD |
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"Barcas
Delle Pescatore", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
"Cross
Over the Bridge", oil on board
9" x
12" SOLD |
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"Hard
Hat Days N'Honky Tonk Nights - 1930s", oil on canvas
36" x 24" $6300 |
"Kodak
Moment - Glacier National Park", oil on board
9" x 12" $1400 |
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"Laguna
Di Chioggia", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
"Notte
Meraviglioso Delle Luna", oil on board
16" x 12" $2200 |
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"Pescatore
Delle Lombardo Canale", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
"Quanto
Costa La Frutto", oil on board
12" x
16" SOLD |
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"Ready
for Regatta Storica", oil on canvas
24" x
36" SOLD |
"Resurrection
Bay - Seward in Alpenglow", oil on board
8" x
16" SOLD |
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"Rete
Di Pescatore", oil on board
12" x
16" SOLD |
"Row-ed
Hard, Put Away Wet", oil on canvas
30" x 24" $5900 |
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"Salute
E Gondolas", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
"Sant'
Andrea D'Vena Canale", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
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"Vincinato
Delle Duomo", oil on board
12' x 16" $2200 |
"Bird's
Eye View", oil on canvas
24" x
36" SOLD |
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"Twilight
Triumphant", oil on board
12" x 16" $2200 |
Artist Biography
Joan
LaRue was born in western Oklahoma in the family farmhouse.
She started out with a Shetland pony and has been
traveling out-of-doors ever since. Remote corners
of Nepal, Bolivia, Guatemala, Alaska, Spain, Portugal,
Russia, Mexico, Italy, Turkey, France and Canada have
stimulated her plein-air paintings. Currently living
in Tucson, Arizona, she and the bear are always “going
over the mountain to see what they can see.”
In Southwest Art she said, “I
find that the more I paint, the more I observe and
the more I realize what I missed observing the year
before. I don’t know if the process will ever
end. I hope it doesn’t. When you’re standing
still, you could be sliding backwards. There is so
much out there. I feel I have to keep reaching, exposing
myself to life every moment because this isn’t
dress rehearsal. It’s the real thing. I feel
compelled to gather up all I can and share it. In
life, it’s so easy to build a fence around oneself,
not intentionally, but to become fearful or protective
or so self-oriented or self-serving. It stands to
reason, if one leaves the gates open, people, concepts
and paintings can flow through.”
Joan has garnered superior accolades,
including Best of Show, for oils displayed in countless
juried, invitational and one-person shows. Professional
honors encompass membership in Plein Air Painters
of America, California Art Club, Society of American
Impressionists, Oklahoma Society of Impressionists,
Who’s Who in American Art, Tucson Plein-Air
Painters’ Society, Northwest Rendezvous Group
and selection for Frye Museum’s permanent collection.
Southwest Art, Persimmon Hill, Art of the West, Orange
Coast and Santa-Fe Focus and Artist’s magazine,
regional television stations have showcased her work,
as well as Oklahoma Petroglyphs exhibitions, which
were shown at Tulsa’s Gilcrease and Oklahoma
City’s National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum.
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