Donald Jurney: Interiors

Donald Jurney Interiors

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sketch for Fall Migration

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Donald Jurney “As an artist I’m obliged to follow where my imagination leads.

His work is firmly rooted in the great plein air landscape tradition.

Each of these (interiors) has a bit of outside, through a window, or in

The overall effect of Jurney’s paintings is serenity and beauty, though

paintings, but it became an interesting challenge to investigate and

close observation reveals an expert handling of paint; with sure skill

explore more intimate and private spaces.

he combines dry brush, impasto, and glazing techniques. The artist’s

Whether indoors or out, my paintings primarily examine how light,

process typically begins on location, with a pencil sketch; back in the

in its presence or absence, informs our perception of our surround-

studio, Jurney begins to bring the painting to life. Guided by intu-

ings.” - the Artist

ition, he might place a stroke of lively orange, scumble a highlight across the surface of a lake, or create a dense matrix of delicate green

Donald Jurney was born in Rye, New York, in 1945, and was educat-

brush strokes that coalesce into a tree in full leaf. Bearing the impres-

ed at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and the Art Students

sion of the particular setting in which they were

League. Some thirty years ago, he began his

conceived, Jurney’s paintings are a summons to

career with a one-man show at a temporary

celebrate the poetry of the everyday beauty of

gallery space—the first of some twenty sold-

nature.

out solo exhibitions. Over the years, Jurney has

The artist now lives and maintains a studio on

lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley,

the North Shore of Boston where he continues

England, and in the Berkshires in western

to focus on sharing his distinct and inspiring

Massachusetts, and has painted extensively in

vision of the landscape.

France and the West of Ireland.

The Collector 30 x 46 inches

A Drawing Room on Skye 60 x 54 inches

Golden Hours 36 x 60 inches

detail from Golden Hours

A Cotswold Morning 30 x 60 inches

Spring Evening 30 x 46 inches

detail from Spring Evening

Fire and Ice 36 x 60 inches

Bramble Cottage 24 x 36 inches

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