June Stratton

June Stratton

Born 1959, Honolulu, Hawaii

Education

1977-79 College of Fine Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

June Stratton grew up in and around the Bay Area in Northern California, attending the College of Fine Arts and Crafts in Oakland until 1979. Not satisfied with the painting skills she had been taught, Stratton worked on developing her own technique for the next several years. It was not until she moved to Seattle that she started her professional career in 1989. During this period June primarily worked on western landscapes and was encouraged and influenced by counsel from gallery owners she showed with, notably Kent Lovelace at Stone Press Editions in Seattle and John Pence at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco. During this period her work was acquired by many major collections including Bank of America, US Department of State, The Mayo Clinic and Texaco Incorporated.

In 2001, Stratton’s career took a major turn with her move to Atlanta, Georgia. Taking a brief hiatus, including trips to France, she again focused on developing her painting technique and style. Transforming over the next several years, Stratton’s work evolved into the current form that is more figure oriented and cinematic in style. Successful solo and group shows in Savannah and Boston’s Lanoue Fine Art Gallery confirmed her avuiore . Some of her latest work can be seen in major movie productions, national and international collections including the acclaimed St Regis Hotel art collection.

Selected Exhibitions

2014    Flying Dreams, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

2013    North vs. South, Robert Lange Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina

2013    Evolution, Robert Lange Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina

2012    MuseArt, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

2009    Splash, Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts Group Show

2008    Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, June Stratton and Melody Postma Group Show

2007    Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia "Femme Transparent" Solo Show

             Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts “Vision - Contemporary Female Artists" Group Show

             Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Roanoke, Virginia "Vision - Contemporary Female Artists" Group Show

             Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia "Metamorphosis " Solo Show                                  

2006    Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts

2005    Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

             Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts

2004    Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

2000    Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho and Seattle, Washington

             Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, Montana

1999    Artists of Rural Landscapes, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington

1998    Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

             John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California, Landscapes, Invitational (catalogue)

1998    Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1997    Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, Washington

1994    Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1993    Introductions 1993, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California

             Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Selected Collections

Texaco Incorporated, New York, New York

US Department of State, Washington DC

Bank of America, Seattle, Washington

Federal Reserve, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chicago Title Insurance Company, Seattle, Washington

Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington

Kaiser Hospital, Portland, Oregon

Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, Washington

St Regis Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

Publications

2010   PoetsandArtists.com, October Issue

2008   Artistaday.com, January 7

2006   Savannah Morning News, “Savannah After Dark”, March 22

2006   Deep Magazine, “The Deep End”, January-February Issue 

2005   Savannah Morning News, “Small Works, Big Ideas”, Dec 10

2004   Savannah Morning News, ”Visions of Light”, Oct 03

1998   Southwest Art, “Best of the West: Luminous Landscapes”, August Issue

1994   American Artist, “From Rags to Riches”, May Issue