Florence Neal

Untitled (1988)

Florence Neal exhibits prints, paintings, sculptures, and public installations. Neal exhibited in numerous COLAB and ABC No Rio exhibitions. For more information, visit www.florenceneal.com

Florence Neal's artworks have been collected by numerous public collections:

  • the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY
  • the Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL
  • LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • New York Public Library, Department of Prints, Fifth Ave., & 42nd St., New York, NY
  • Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE
  • Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  • the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Florence Neal is the the co-founder, Director and chief curator of the Kentler International Drawing Space in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Kentler has been presenting beautiful exhibitions since 1990. Florence is a former Exhibitions Coordinator at the Brooklyn Public Library.

1988
screen print
edition: 30
image: 30"h X 22"w
4 colors on Rives BFK

Transparent layers of color in Florence Neal's print overlap to form new colors. The image elements reference nature in bold gestures. Untitled is in the collection of the New York Public Library. Florence said, "this experience with water-based printing encouraged me to explore water-based methods." A prolific printmaker, Florence became expert in Mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese woodcut technique.

I am interested in the thin line, the tension, between balance and chaos. In many ways, they dance on the edge of becoming the other. I surrently explore the elements of nature, giving voice to immediate environmental concerns.

Growing and flowing, our woodlands and waterways are essential mirrors of our own humanity. The interdependence and relationships between trees and water speak to me about the tenacity of life itself. As an artist, I see it as my job, my responsibility, to explore these themes and be guided by nature’s voice.

Florence Neal 2023