June Ball (American), Surround Sight II

Oil on canvas, 1998, signed and dated at lower right, inscribed to verso, retaining an essay on the work to the verso, presented in a floater frame.

Stretcher size 32 x 36 in.; Frame dimensions 33 3/4 x 37 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Duke Hospital, Sold to Benefit Duke Arts and Health

June Ball grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and presently lives in Athens, Georgia. She studied at Wellesley College and received an MFA from the University of Georgia.

Artist Statement:
"I paint landscapes and seascapes using oil paint on stretched canvas. My paintings are responses to particular settings but they are not necessarily about those settings. They express feelings drawn from certain times and contexts. There are few realistic details in the paintings and no people or signs of people. I have made them mine in a certain way by putting them in paint on canvas. I try to share with the viewer the images of serenity I find in the natural world."

Several dents and a scratch to the canvas.