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.