Joni Purk, Fine Art
PurkArtStudio.com
Charlotte, NC
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'Moor' ning Light' - oil on canvas - J.Purk
A full-time, award-winning artist for over 25 years, Joni Purk creates in oil. Born in Rochester, Michigan she moved to the Dayton-Cincinnati, Ohio area in her early 20's continuing her art study in college course and private instruction.
She credits Midwest Artist, Eugene Woods, with her knowledge and use of the oil media. Purk studied with Woods from 1983 until his passing in 1996. Woods painted with the Brown County Painters and implemented the study of Hawthorne's use of the medium.
In 2006, Purk moved to Charlotte, NC with her husband. Former co-owner of Lowcountry Artists Gallery on East Bay in Charleston, SC 2006-2009. She has been represented at Charlotte Fine Art Gallery since 2011. Curator/Artist, Joni Purk exhibits her works for purchase through this site and CharlotteFineArt.com
"I continue to challenge myself with the various techniques and styles oil can offer an artist. You will find realistic, impressionistic and palette knife paintings throughout my finished works"
Charlotte, NC
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