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Betsy Jacaruso | Painter
Betsy Jacaruso Gallery & Studio | 43-2 E. Market St., Rhinebeck, NY 12572 | 845-516-4435
betsyjacaruso@gmail.com | www.betsyjacarusostudio.com
Betsy Jacaruso received her BFA with honors from the Pratt Institute of Art and Design in Brooklyn, NY in 1979. She has since gained the reputation of being a gifted instructor who teaches drawing and painting techniques as a way of realizing individual vision. Her students find her mastery of watercolor painting invaluable in the process of learning to handle the complexities of the medium.
Betsy’s current work explores atmosphere and luminosity in landscape, and has been featured in both regional and international exhibitions, as well as represented in private collections throughout the United States and Europe. In February 2013, one of her newer paintings, “Edge of Light,” was featured in the print copy of The New York Times. Locally, her work is on display at her Gallery & Studio in The Courtyard in Rhinebeck, NY.
Artist’s Statement:
Georgia O’Keeffe, one of my chief inspirations as an artist, once said, “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.” My relationship with art throughout the years has echoed this sentiment.
As an introverted young girl, I found that drawing was an outlet through which I was able to express my thoughts and emotions. As I grew older and pursued art further, by receiving expert guidance at the Pratt Institute, I was able to utilize my love for the arts and cultivate my natural drawing ability into a wide-ranging, poised skill. In each of my paintings and drawings, I seek to apply my learned aptitude in both composition and draftsmanship into a work that reflects my unique personal style and vision.
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