Turbulence, Fragility, Resilience

Joanne Tarlin
May 8 – June 26, 2025

About This Exhibition

The fantastical landscape paintings by Joanne Tarlin feature imagery from the dynamic setting in her environment along the southern coast of Maine. They depict shore erosion, rising sea levels, luminous skies, the effects of powerful storms, and a multitude of plants, shrubs, and trees found along its shores. With bold gestures, atmospheric passages, color, and composition,Tarlin utilizes the tools of her craft and metaphorical content to reflect upon the sometimes turbulent, fragile, or resilient qualities of human nature.

About the Artist

Joanne Tarlin received an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University and a BFA from the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. She lives on the coast of Maine, where she moved to in 2019 from Massachusetts. She volunteers as the President of the Union of Maine Visual Artists to help artists help each other. Tarlin is a former adjunct professor at Framingham State University. Her paintings have been juried into exhibitions including: CMCANow Concurrence, Nave Gallery WaterMarks, and The Painting Center, Flatfiles. Her art was featured in the March/April 2024 Edition of New England Home Magazine and has been written about in Maine newspapers.