Jo-Ann Sanborn is a well known artist in South Florida, and has exhibited her paintings from Marco Island to Gloucester, MA. The Florida landscape has become the focus of her work and provides unlimited inspiration.
Sanborn has had a number of solo show and been granted numerous awards for her paintings including the prestigious Best of Show at the Marco Art League’s Fine Arts Show, an Award of Excellence in the Founders exhibition of the Naples Art Association’s Von Liebig Art Center, several awards for works on canvas by the national Association of Women Artists. Sanborn has frequently been selected for Judge’s Choice and Judge’s Preference awards. She has been featured on WGCU-TV’s arts program “Expressions.” Sanborn teaches workshops on color and the Florida Landscape, and has become a member of the growing phenomenon of daily painters.
She is a distinguished member of several art organizations, including the National Association of Women Artists, and their Florida Chapter, the Florida Artist Group, and is an active member of the Marco Island Center for the Arts and the Naples Art Association. Numerous articles have been written about her work, and she has been selected as cover artist several magazines including the Naples Guide, Premier Properties “Presenting Southwest Florida's Finest Properties", and the City of Marco Island Budget. Her work has been seen in several design magazines including Florida Design and Florida International magazine Home and Design
In addition to her painting, Jo-Ann believes that the arts can help build community. She conceived and coordinated Art Quest 2006 and 2008, a biennial sculpture exhibition in conjunction with the business community. She developed Marco Island Wet Paint Live in partnership with the Marco Island Chamber of Commerce Leadership Marco. Sanborn is the founder of the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts and the Artist Colony at the Esplanade, hosts an Artist Roundtable and is a member of the City of Marco’s Arts Advisory Committee, where she recently chaired a city-wide arts awards program.
Sanborn attended Becker College in Worcester, MA, and studied painting under the tutelage of Johanna Murphy of Hartford, Ct. She took foundation courses at Hartford Community College and has participated in a number of workshops with other nationally noted artists, paints daily, and believes artists must continue to learn on a daily basis.
Jo-Ann's paintings are in corporate and private collections throughout the US and in Europe. She is presently self-representing, and invites you to visit. She lives and works on Marco Island, Florida, where she maintains her studio.
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