Joan Luce Allen
The Raven and The Girl
The Raven and The Girl
monotype
16" x 20"
2009
16" x 20"
2009
April 11 through April 30, 2010
Joan Luce Allen and Joan Thompson Boghossian: Keeping up with the Joans
Joan Thompson BoghossianJoan Luce Allen and Joan Thompson Boghossian: Keeping up with the Joans
About the Artist
A career that began in 1978 because of a successful bid at a silent auction has led to Joan Thompson Boghossian’s present status as one of New England’s major artists. The University of Rhode Island graduate began her art studies with the late Herman Itchkawitch, and then studied with prominent local and national artists. Encouraged by early successes, she became recognized as an outstanding talent in Southern New England.
Boghossian’s paintings have won regional and national awards in watercolor, oils, etchings and monotypes, and the demand for her work has steadily increased in art circles. She has won more than 50 significant prizes during the last ten years. One of her watercolors was chosen for the prestigious American Watercolor Society’s Annual National Exhibition. She has received first prize in watercolor at more than 20 open shows, including Cape Cod Art Association’s All-New England Show and Mystic Art Association's Annual Regional Exhibition. She is a four-time winner of the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award in watercolor. In 1996 she won a medal at the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in their Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York. In 1998 she received the Mary Hill Memorial Award in Watermedia at the same nationally known Art Club.
She is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society and an elected artist member of other art associations; the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club of New York, the Providence Art Club, Mystic Art Association and the Copley Society of Boston. Her paintings have been shown in museums, art associations and galleries, primarily in New England, but also throughout the United States and abroad. They are included in private and business collections.
A native of Newport, Rhode Island, Boghossian lives in Pawtucket and maintains studios in Providence and Narragansett.
Joan Luce Allen
Biography
Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., in 1927. Raised in Florida, currently resides in New England. Her father, C.A. Luce, well-known illustrator and watercolorist, encouraged her in the pursuit of art. Allen is a founder and of the Anyart Contemporary Art Center in Warren, R.I., and was president of the organization from 1975 to 1984.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
B.F.A., ceramics, 1986
B.F.A., painting, 1951
Exhibitions
March 2005 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., “Singing Lesson,”Sharpies on paper, Received Marjorie Curit Award
April 2004 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., ceramic figures
May 2003 Two Marlboro Street Gallery, Newport, R.I., Group show, Oil stick on paper
March 2003 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., Members’ Show, “Waiting for War,” oil stick on paper, Received Edward Bannister Award
November 2000 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., Fidelity Exhibition
May 1999 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., “River,” Series of ceramic platters
March 1997 Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, R.I., “Jazz,” series of watercolors
December 1996 Barrington Public Library, Barrington, R.I., “Tell me a Story,” oil on paper
April 1994 The Happy White Gallery, Barrington, R.I., “12 Friends,” oil stick on paper
December 1993 Barrington Public Library, Barrington, R.I., “12 Friends,” oil stick on paper
September 1988 Dodge House Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., Annual Open Juried Exhibition
October 1987 Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I., Annual Open Juried Exhibition
May 1983 Temple Habonim, Barrington, R.I., “Fishermen,” Series of 10, oil on canvas
October 1980 Anyart Contemporary Art Center, Warren, R.I., group show