Joanne Fox is an Abstract Expressionist painter who works primarily with oil on canvas, often inspired by the changing seasons in Northern California. Her paintings are bold statements, using color, gesture, composition and scale to capture attention and generate emotional and physical responses. Fox mediates on life’s state of constant change - as the summer turns to fall, as day and dusk turn to night, the artist reminds us to be present to the beauty before us, while being ready to let it go. 2017 was a pivotal year for Joanne Fox. Along with her home and studio, the artist lost decades of artwork to the wildfires that ravaged through Northern California. This began a body of work addressing the themes of trauma, loss, hope, and a sense of rebirth. When clearing out burned tree branches, Fox thought about how the incinerated wood, pieces of charred lumber from the wreckage of her studio, could be utilized anew. The artist explains, “I wanted to make manifest the idea that though life involves loss, it doesn’t end there. Loss marks the way toward something new.” In 2020, Joanne Fox moved into her newly built studio where she began working on her geologic series, re-engaging with color and gesture to create works infused with movement and joy. These paintings explore the idea of nature-built structures, touching on the tension between order and chaos in both natural and manmade worlds. ABOUTJoanne Fox has a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Art and Anthropology from Goddard College in Vermont. She has shown in galleries across the United States, and has work in numerous private and corporate collections, including those of Kaiser Hospital, Camina Altho medical Group, New York Public Library, and the Maryland Art Institute.