The UNDERGROUND Series
This blog hosts the large-scale watercolors in my "Underground" series of New York City subway images. Please visit my updated website www.joaniaconetti.com for more images, plus statement and pricing information. Bio and CV are also below. Double-click on any image to see a larger image with thumbnails below. Both original paintings and digital prints are available. Most of the paintings are 22x30" on Arches 300-lb. paper, unless otherwise noted. All work Copyright 2011-13 by Joan Iaconetti.
Website for my "Watercolor for Absolute Beginners" classes: www.watercolor.joanweb.com
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Underground: Wet Floor II Watercolor West, 45th Annual Exhibition, Los Angeles CA, October 2013 |
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| Underground: 2 Levels (Diptych, 30x44") |
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| Underground: Ascending |
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| Underground: 6 LCL Black |
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| Underground: The Killer |
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| Underground: Descending Allied Artists of America, 99th Annual Exhibit, November 2012 |
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| Underground: Curve |
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| Underground: Morning Commute NFS (digital prints available) National Watercolor Society, 92nd Annual Exhibition, September 2012 |
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| Study for Underground: Elev 52 & Lex . 26x40" |
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| Underground: Girders . 2012 |
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| Underground: Between the Cars |
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Underground: 6 LCL Blue  Underground: Study for Window 28 . 15x22" Joan Iaconetti Watercolors Bio
After I moved from the midwest to New York in 1980, I maintained a small private psychotherapy practice and worked as a management consultant/trainer. Later I became a fulltime freelance magazine features writer and travel photographer, writing a management book and contributing to dozens of national
magazines for over two
decades.
In 1998 I took up watercolor on a lark. Mostly self
taught, I began giving basic watercolor classes in 2004 in The New School's IRP
program, and soon began painting seriously. A few years later I attended a demo of "non-traditional" techniques at the
American Watercolor Society exhibit. I had been wanting to take watercolor "beyond pretty," and realized these rough, impressionist techniques were
perfect for depicting the grit and power of a mundane yet sometimes ominous facet of urban life: the Underground, the New York
City subway system.
Exhibitions and Awards
Watercolor West, 2013 Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
The National Watercolor Society, 2012 Exhibition, Los Angeles CA
Allied Artists of America,
2012 Exhibition, New York City
Salmagundi Art Club, 2012 Student Exhibit, Awarded Best in
Class
Salmagundi Art Club, NYC: 2011 Student Exhibit, Awarded Best
in Show
The Atlantic Gallery, New York, "Toys" 2007 group
exhibit
Eight paintings in private collections in New
York and Los Angeles.Press / Text
Moody Noir Watercolors of the Subway
THE SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE—The Subway Art Blog first spotted
these eerie, almost colorless watercolors by local artist Joan Iaconetti.
Though she doesn't set up her easel down there for fear of being bulldozed by
hordes of commuters, she carefully surveys her scenes and eliminates many
details present in real life—think trash cans, people—the lack of which gives
her work a romantic, noir-ish vibe. "I work in thick, impressionist
watercolor, simplifying complex station architecture into ragged shapes of
light and dark, illuminated by the fractured light of speeding trains,"
she tells Curbed. "Riding the underground combines the mundane with the
vaguely menacing, and that rushed, off-balance feeling is what these paintings
try to capture." Iaconetti teaches six-week classes in watercolor on Union
Square. - Hana Alberts
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Stunning Subway Watercolors
Check out these incredibly dramatic watercolor paintings by
artist and teacher Joan Iaconetti. The MTA
should just post her paintings over the actual surfaces underground. Maybe some
riders would smile on occasion.
- Jowy Romano
Education BS, University of Dayton MA, Northern Illinois University
The Cooper Union, New York City
The Art Students League
Studied with master watercolorists Mel Stabin, Frank Webb,
Paul Ching-Bor, Tim Saternow, Frank O'Cain and Antonio Masi. |
Hi Joan, These are amazing paintings. You are an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteJoan: these are amazing, expressionistic views of the NYC subways. I'm honored to study with you!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! You are so talented! Truly Inspiring!
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