Lauretta Jones wins award in Greenwich exhibition

Lauretta Jones wins award in Greenwich exhibition

At the 95th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Greenwich Arts Society, a watercolor by Somers artist Lauretta Jones, Red Maple #1, was awarded the Queenan Foundation MAC Award. The juror for the exhibition was Marla Prather, Curator in the Department of Nineteenth Century, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.The exhibition is on display through March 30, 2012 at the Bendheim Gallery, located in the historic old city hall at 299 Greenwich Avenue, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lauretta also has a watercolor, Big, Fat Onion, included in the Coming Full Circle exhibition running concurrently at The Bruce Museum, also in Greenwich. A photograph of her painting was one of two works from the show featured in the February 2012 issue of Greenwich magazine.

In Lauretta’s recent work, crisply-rendered natural subjects emerge from chaos and mystery, expressing a subtle shift from the traditional botanical genre to a stance that encompasses both form and the unformed.

Lauretta teaches workshops in botanical watercolor, colored pencil and graphite at the Greenwich Art Society's studio school. She also teaches at the New York Botanical Garden.

Visit Lauretta’s website to see more of her work and class schedules: www.LaurettaJones.com or email: LaurettaJones@mac.com.