Bethann Moran-Handzlik

medium: painting

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This Joy is Electric 2021 Painting	Community Garden New Years Day 2021 Painting	Before the Snow 2020 Painting
Surviving Grief 2021 Painting	Petrichor 2019 Painting

Contact information
Artist resides in: Fort Atkinson, WI
Email Address: bethannmoran3@gmail.com
Web site: https://www.bethannmoran.com/

Artist statement
I work from direct observation, meaning I stand within or before my subject. I work this way to experience the subject first hand. I am constantly balancing what the brush work expresses and the truth of the subject. When complete, the viewer can re-see, re-experience what I saw; and then be drawn repeatedly into a satisfying contemplation of everything that is on their mind and in their heart. My paintings are about a relationship with beauty and they belong with people. They are meant to lived with, and handed on; to inform hearts and lift spirits toward hope. bethannmoran.com

Biography
My work has garnered awards and is held in private, corporate and public collections. My paintings have been exhibited in regional, national and a few international exhibitions including plein air events, galleries and museums. I was awarded a Hudson River Fellowship/ Grand Central Atelier in 2014 and a La Napoule artist residency in France in 2016. I have painted during our families travels to Scotland and had the privilege to do master copy works at the National Gallery Scotland, National Gallery London. My work is represented by Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wi and Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Door County, Wi. I enjoyed a long teaching career and have taught at University Wisconsin Whitewater, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, among others. I continue to enjoy teaching workshops. Please visit my website bethannmoran.com and while there I invite you to follow me on Instagram @pasmeche and sign up for my biannual newsletter.