Following is the artist’s statement regarding her career as a painter along with some comments on the work being exhibited at the club: "The images in the exhibition are "the story." They emerge from the pages of my sketchbook and journal of time spent on Illauntannig, a one square mile island in Tralee Bay on the Dingle Peninsula. Sketches made years ago come alive again; the written words conjure up the emotions of that moment and prose and imagery complete the narrative. Most of my development as an artist has occurred in the last 20 years, after having raised a large family on the North Shore with my husband Bill (deceased). I've attended the School of the Art Institute Chicago for painting and drawing et al, spent many summers at Oxbow in Saugatuck, MI, for print making and have painted and studied at the LaRomita School in Terni, Italy." (Images of selections in the exhibit furnished by the artist)

MJ Loftus lives in Chicago and has a studio in Beverly Shores, IN.　

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