Joan Hoffman

“National Park Landscapes: Celebrating National Park Service Centennial 2016” brings impressionistic oil paintings by the South Royalton artist to the Tunbridge Public Library. A plein air painter, Hoffman has rendered more than 25 U.S. heritage sites, from the March-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont to Yosemite National Park in California. The Yosemite Museum recently acquired her work “Sentinel Rock.” Hoffman first paints on-location studies, which she then uses to make her larger oil landscapes. A selection of both is on display in Tunbridge, allowing viewers insight into her process. Other locations include the Point Reyes National Seashore in California, Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, and Colorado’s Continental Divide Trail.