Jayne Duryea

Contents
Education
Experience
Grant Awards
Gallery Affiliations
Selected Exhibitions
Professional Memberships
Selected Collections
Selected Publications
Personal Statement



EDUCATION

 

EXPERIENCE

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GRANT AWARDS

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS



PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

PERSONAL STATEMENT

On Painting:
The objective, essentially, is to create a heightened sense of color interaction, to bring a freshness or clarity to the movement of color.  To explore that visual illusion of color and space that reawakens our perceptions.  One of the major abstract elements begins with the interest in the fluidity and movement of nature and its particular color and light quality.  To create a lasting effect in memory; to make an impression, "Imprinting Nature", so to speak.   The works become a kind of meditation on sensuality, sorrow, loss and self-discovery. The vehicle for exploration and expression can be found in paint or glass as well as other materials. I create works because I can, because I need to, for me. Just as I have always done as a young child growing up on the Bay in New York.

On Glass:
The objectives, as stated on painting, are the same for Glass. Glass is that three-dimensional expression of my need for exploration to complete the cycle of creativity. Glass is a natural choice for it is extremely alive and fluid. The deep connection to nature, our greatest teacher of life, constantly surprises and inspires to push the limits of glass beyond the realm of understanding. A meditative dance, it influencing me as I influence it, until the collaboration is complete. As Alfredo Barbini once said, "You do not force glass, you follow glass."

      Jayne Duryea