Joanne Thorne Arnold is an oil painter who specializes in color. For 40 years her canvases have portrayed everything from the figurative to the abstract. After graduating from the State University of New York, College at New Paltz in 1984, real life education as an artist began. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Joanne studied and rented studio space in a former tattoo parlor from the late Michael Tanzer.
Michael was a figurative painter who was a master using light and color in the emotive and the expressive. Joanne truly was a student for those 20 years and followed his philosophy of always learning.
Since the 21st century, Joanne has continued her journey as a painter. She has received several artist residencies that accelerated her growth as a colorist. It taught her discipline. She has exhibited solo and group shows throughout the U.S.
In 2008, Thorne Arnold converted her garage to a studio and it’s been an adventure ever since. She continues to stretch the boundaries with her intuitive use of color and has added mixed media and glass fusing to her repertoire. She is always inspired and connected to the landscape.
In 2019, through the Dryden Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island, two of her paintings were featured in the mini-series “NOS4A2” which was viewed on the AMC Channel.
Joanne lives in upstate NY and loves the changing of all the seasons. When not painting or creating she is enjoying life with her husband and two Shelties. She loves to garden, travel, read, laugh, entertain, and play the banjo.
| 2024 | Wilson Project, UHS Wilson Hospital Johnson City, NY |
| 2024 | 2 Joyful Artists we're not going back Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2024 | B. with the Sea Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2023 | Perspective and Colors Gallery 40 Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2023 | Cultivated Hues Artisan Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2022 | Cultivated Hues, Broome County Arts Council, Artisan Gallery, Binghamton, NY Time & Textures, Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2021 | Time & Textures, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2019 | Wild Things, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI |
| 2018 | Sustained Rhythms, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI My Backyard, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2016 | DAY, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2015 | NEXT, Atomic Tom’s Gallery, Binghamton, NY SKY, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2014 | Windsor Whip Works Art Gallery, Windsor, NY Houses, Congressman Richard Hanna office, Binghamton, NY |
| 2013 | HOME, Orazio Salati Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2012 | New Work, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY Houses, Realty USA Gallery, Vestal, NY |
| 2011 | Marcy Swartz Gallery, Riverside Towers, Binghamton, NY Houses, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY Tranquil Bar & Bistro, Binghamton, NY |
| 2010 | Orazio Salati Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2009 | Anam Cara Gallery, Binghamton, NY Phelps Mansion, Binghamton, NY Trees, Riverread Bookstore, Binghamton, NY |
| 2008 | Fusion, John Dunnan Gallery, Charleston, SC New Abstract Work, Windsor Whip Works Art Gallery, Windsor, NY |
| 2007 | Radiance, Orazio Salati Gallery, Binghamton, NY New Small Works, Anam Cara Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2006 | Technicolor, Windsor Whip Works Art Gallery, Windsor, NY Work in Process, Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY |
| 2005 | Krembs Gallery, Binghamton, NY On the Cusp, Orazio Salati Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2004 | Dolmans & Duality, LaLoba Gallery, Binghamton, NY Recent Abstract Paintings, Wilson Hospital Gallery, Johnson City, NY On The Verge, R. Michael White Gallery, Binghamton, NY |
| 2002 | Skidmore Fellowship Paintings, Java Joe’s, Binghamton, NY |
| Collections | United Health Services, Vestal, NY SUNY Broome, Binghamton, NY Broome County Library, Binghamton, NY |
| Community | Broome County Arts Council, Board of Directors, 2012-2018, Binghamton, NY Cooperative Gallery 213, exhibiting member, Binghamton, NY Windsor Whip Works Art Center, Board of Directors, 2008-2010, Windsor, NY The Art Mission, Board of Directors, 2000-2004, Binghamton, NY |