Joanne Rafferty, Abstract
American Contemporary Abstract Artist Joanne Miller Rafferty creates unique and exciting abstract landscapes. Within each painting, find the wonderful textures of exotic papers, acrylics, polymers, metallic powders, collage and minute glass beads that reflect light and color. At the end of the day, when artificial light takes over from natural, detect a change in Joanne's paintings due to the many layers of paint and color. Her versatility and evolution as an artist have maintained the strong demand for her works.
Rafferty is listed in Who's Who in American Art, 2000 Outstanding Artists and Designers of the 20th Century, Strathmore Who's Who, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and a member of the National Association of Women Artists has enjoyed a career spanning thirty years.
She is widely collected and is exhibited in over 1000 public and private collections including the Exxon Corporation, IBM, Marriott Hotels, UBS, Compuserve, PSEG, Master Card International and American Express. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Art Education from Daemen College and graduate studies for permanent certification in Art Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
She has shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions including the Hickory Art Musem, the Monmouth Museum, the Cayuga Museum of Art, the Members Gallery of the Albright Knox Museum, the Noyes Museum and the Museum of the Great Plains.
