Joan Loretta Roche

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About me

Joan came to London from Dublin in 1965 to study Fine Art and received her MA in 1978 from the Royal Academy Schools.

She maintained strong connections with the Schools’ alumni whilst combining her art practise with a career as senior lecturer in Fine Art between 1990 and 2010. This relationship with the Academy is sustained through attending weekly drawing sessions in the famed circular studio, an engagement deeply influencing her development.

Working within the tradition of landscape painting, Joan works in a studio on the sea front in Marine Court, the apartment block above this gallery. The view from this ‘ocean liner’ charts the continuous flux of the sea’s surface; a vast plane of energy. The atmospherics complement a long-standing fascination with hydro-optics and natural light. Predominantly working in oil based media experimenting with brush, montage and print techniques, she draws directly from the environment that the town of St Leonard’s overlooks.

She has shown work in a number of exhibitions in the U.K. and internationally including the R.A Summer Shows, the Centro Modigliana Florence and Poly Nation in New Delhi. Other awards include the Landseer Landscape Prize and the Royal Overseas League where she was presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She is represented in notable collections worldwide in the Middle East, Australia and California.