JUNE STRATTON
ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings are imagined blends of beauty and nature. These paintings are often intentionally idealized representations of emotional impressions from my dreams – entwined with elements of the earth, sky and water that surround my real world. I use symbols and my feminine viewpoint to tell a very loose, abstracted narrative. As in my dreams, my muses cannot see all things, are sometimes unable to speak and frequently appear to be floating.
I add silver to my paintings because the finished image reflects the ambient light that surrounds it. This makes the artwork change visually depending on the perspective of the viewer. This, I think, adds to the ethereal quality of my subjects’ stories.

June Stratton is educated from the College of Fine Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017
Into the Woods ll, Haven Gallery, Northport, New York
Aquamarine, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
In the Garden, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, California
2016
Interplay, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
2015
Ten, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
2014
I See a Pattern, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
Animal dreams, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Flutter, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
Flying dreams, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
2013
North vs. South, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
Evolution, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
2012
MuseArt, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2009
Splash, Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2008
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, June Stratton and Melody Postma
2007
Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia “Femme Transparent”
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts “Vision – Contemporary Female Artists”
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Roanoke, Virginia “Vision – Contemporary Female Artists”
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia “Metamorphosis”
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)
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
2017 South Magazine, Eleven of the South’s Greatest Artists, March April issue