Inspired by John Muir and Mary Oliver, Jo paints the gesture of light - capturing the moment when light and shadow become shape, moving back and forth in the experience. Her brush evokes dance, transformation and spirit. Jo uses palette knives and brushes in oil paint. Her favorite is a guilder’s tool with which she scraps and draws into the paint, resulting in works that are rich in color, energetic and joyful. An art historian, art collector, and former gallery director, Jo became a working studio artist in 2019. She lives in Williamstown, with a studio in the hip new mill space Greylock Works in North Adams.