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"Joan Pechanec has created art as long as she can remember. “I have always lived a rich and delight-filled inner life, a world full of vibrant imagery.” A characteristic of Joan’s art is a strong sense of place inspired by the many areas where she has lived and traveled. She earned a BA from the University of Denver and an MA from the University of Chicago before moving to San Francisco. The vivid, “amped-up” palette Joan uses reflects the flamboyant and quirky culture of the late 60s and 70s in the Bay Area. Her use of intense warm color has also been influenced by travel, particularly to Bali, Morocco, Guatemala, and a year’s sabbatical in Mexico. Recently, she and her husband, Charlie Price, a novelist, spent winters in the Gulf Coast town of Fairhope, Alabama, an old utopian community centered around the arts, where Charlie was writer-in-residence. Many of Joan’s recent paintings depict moody southern scenes in the atmospheric light of that area. Joan’s art and her life have been strongly influenced by her psychotherapy profession. “I have been honored and enriched by the intimate stories of so many courageous people. I often experience this emotional material visually. Many of my art works express these powerful feelings and memories.”"
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