THE ENERGY OF LIGHT · 2026

Catching the Light

Jean Mahoney


PRICE

$1,400

Oil on Canvas

MEDIUM


18 in. x 24 in.

SIZE


2025

YEAR



I was lucky to catch this beam of light just as the wave was breaking. When recreating the image in oil, I emphasized the shadows at the base of the wave to maximize this amazing roll of light and shadow.

About the Work

Jean Mahoney, a Southampton resident, has lived and worked in the US and abroad as art director, graphic designer, book designer, water colorist and oil painter. With a B.A. in fine arts from Georgian Court College, she’s studied at the Art Students League and School of Visual Arts in New York; Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware; Silvermine Guild, Norwalk, Connecticut and primarily with Long Island landscape painter, Howard Rose.

Awards: honorable mention at the East Hampton Guild Hall Annual Members Show. Exhibitions: Rosoh Kai Watercolor Society, Tokyo; John Erdos Gallery, Singapore; Chrysalis Gallery, 4 North Main Gallery, St. John’s Episcopal Church Summer Show and the Cultural Center in Southampton; Ashawagh Hall, the Gardiner Mill Cottage Museum, the East Hampton Library and the Nature Conservancy in East Hampton; the Water Mill Museum in Watermill; the Trapani Gallery in Manhasset; the Quogue Historical Society in Quogue.

She is a member of the Artists Alliance of East Hampton (AAEH), the Southampton Artists Association (SAA), The Wednesday Group of Plein Air Painters of the East End, and Thirty Squared Painters.

About the Artist

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