NJCU is pleased to announce “Le Flaneur; an artist’s walk through the city,” by BFA graduate Mollie Thonneson. “Le Flaneur” will be showing at the schools Visual Arts Gallery, May 7-May 11. In her new work, Thonneson has painted a series of carefully edited versions of the urban landscape in and around Jersey City.

The nine oil paintings on view, five on canvas and four on paper, follow the artist’s gaze from treetops to sidewalks as she explores the city. Her images range from botanical to statuary and complexity is their unifying feature.

Thonneson paints from her own photographs, preferring the quiet and solitude that working in her studio provides. She considers her paintings a way to emotionally process her surroundings as well as a way of escaping from them.

Thonneson currently lives and works in Jersey City. She moved from Southern California to the East coast in 2007. Thonneson has lived all over the globe including Iran, Japan, and Hong Kong. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally.

Le Flaneur is Thonneson’s first exhibit in the New York City metropolitan area. An artist’s reception will be held on May 7 from 4:30 to 7:30.

For more information please contact Mollie Thonneson at: [email protected] or call at 201.938.0686.