FRANCISCA VERDONER KAN
The paintings of Francisca Verdoner
Kan show an interest in the geometry of change.
The old store fronts, abandoned mills, deteriorating rail yards, gas stations
and farm
buildings bring to the viewer the colors and shapes of the Mid-Atlantic region.
She has
recorded the rapidly changing environment of the area, sometimes documenting
the ways of life that are evolving before our eyes.
The artist, who works on location, says, "I enjoy the
challenge of working out of doors,
catching the light, finding the essentials."
Born in the Netherlands, Francisca Verdoner came to the
United States in 1946 as a
war refugee. She attended college in New York City, and earned her MFA
degree in
painting from American University in Washington, D.C., and has taught at the
Maryland
College of Art and Design, the Barrie School and Cecil community college. She
has
exhibited widely and has received significant awards.
RECENT INDIVIDUAL AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS
2007 Solo show: "Dining Out," the
Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2004 "Face or Figure" Elkton Arts Center, Elkton, Maryland
2003 East of the Bay Gallery, North East Maryland
2003 Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Virginia
2002 Cultural Center Gallery, Cecil Community College, Northeast Maryland
2001 Courtyard Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2001 Morning Glory Gallery, Gloucester, VA
1999 Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE
1999 "Ten", Elkton Arts Center, Elkton, MD
1998 Spectrum Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1997, '98, '02, '03 Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis, MD
1997, '98 Cecil County Women's Conference, Northeast Maryland
RECENT JURIED EXHIBITS
2003 Pictures at an Exhibition, Bel Air, Maryland
2002 The Will's Creek Survey, Cumberland, MD
2000 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1998, '99 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Annual Juried Exhibition, New
York, NY
1997, '98, '99, '00 A Celebration of the Arts in Maryland, Annapolis, MD
1998 6th Mid-Atlantic Regional Art Exhibition, Baltimore, MD