Port Ludlow Art League - Featured Artist Joanmarie Eggert

A geologist by training and an artist by vocation, Joanmarie enjoys exploring the interplay

between the physicality of materials and the serendipity of how they interact with each other. While Joanmarie works imaginatively, her work is inspired by her observations of the natural world. Joanmarie says, “My artwork is experimental. I’m never sure of the outcome.”

Untitled by Joanmarie Eggert

Joanmarie creates favorable conditions so that the magic of serendipity and the nature of physics do the rest. Joanmarie’s process involves creating the surface for each piece and then introducing paint so that it interacts with the surface, enabling the paint’s unique properties to shine through. Sometimes, Joanmarie applies paint very thinly, and other times she applies it thickly, often then scraping away the top layers to reveal the paint underneath. Further experimentation blends watercolor and inks that flow into one another, creating complex colors that pool and granulate. Another method involves applying transparent acrylics over gold leaf, creating a luminous effect.

Joanmarie also uses a camera-less printing process where exposure is determined by time in the sun, called Cyanotypes. This is a long-standing photographic process by painting light-sensitive solutions onto paper, placing objects on the paper, and then setting them in the sun to be exposed. As a group, these paintings run the spectrum from abstraction to nonrepresentational.

During April you can enjoy Joanmarie’s artwork at Sound Community Bank and online at portludlowart.org.

The public is invited to attend a reception for Joanmarie on Wednesday, April 8, 4 – 5 p.m. in the lobby of the bank and 5 – 6 p.m. at the adjacent Port Ludlow Art League Gallery. The bank and gallery are located at the corner of Oak Bay Road and Osprey Ridge Drive in Port Ludlow. The bank is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon – 4 p.m. For more information, please email info@portludlowart.org or visit portludlowart.org.