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Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Josette Urso is the recipient of grants from The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The Basil H. Alkazzi Award, USA, and has been honored with residencies at Yaddo, UCross Foundation and The Millay Colony for the Arts in the United States, as well as residencies in Spain, Germany, Ireland, Cambodia and Taiwan. Urso’s artwork has been acquired by numerous museums and private collections worldwide, including The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Stadtmuseum, Schwandorf, Germany and Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, to name a few. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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Artist: Josette Urso
Josette Urso "Emerald Grove" 2025 watercolor on paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Emerald Grove, 2025 watercolor on paper 12 x 16 in. (urso309) Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate envir...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Sun Time" 2025 watercolor on paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Sun Time, 2025 watercolor on paper 16 x 12 in. (urso308) Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environmen...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Josette Urso "Sea Stars" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso "Sea Stars" Water Color on Paper
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "After the Rain" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Afternoon Shower" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
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2010s Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "From Here" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Climb" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Tide Line" 2025 watercolor on paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Tide Line, 2025 watercolor on paper 12 x 16 in. (urso303) Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environme...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Nest" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso "Nest" Water Color on Paper
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Wild Wood" Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
"I paint directly and urgently from life. My paintings are “moment-to-moment” extrapolations. In them, I tap a kind of “hyper” or “trippy” vision, as I look simultaneously in all di...
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2010s Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Sea Wise" Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
"I paint directly and urgently from life. My paintings are “moment-to-moment” extrapolations. In them, I tap a kind of “hyper” or “trippy” vision, as I look simultaneously in all di...
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2010s Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Josette Urso "Float" - Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Float, 2022 watercolor on paper 30 x 22 in. (urso234) Josette Urso’s paintings are driven by a sense of urgency. Working from her observations of her surrounding enviro...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Josette Urso "Two Two Two Two" - Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Two Two Two Two, 2022 watercolor on paper 30 x 22 in. (urso236) Josette Urso’s paintings are driven by a sense of urgency. Working from her observations of her surround...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Josette Urso, Backyard 1, 2005, Ink Brush Drawing, 6 x 8 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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Early 2000s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Josette Urso, Broken, 2018, Ink Brush Drawing, 12 x 13 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Josette Urso "Silent Afternoon" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
I make exploratory paintings, working in direct response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intuitive leaps of scale, color,...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso, That Daffodil, 2019, Ink Brush Drawing, 12 x 13 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Josette Urso, On Spot, 2019, Ink Brush Drawing, 12 x 13 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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2010s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Josette Urso, Backyard 2, 2005, Ink Brush Drawing, 6 x 8 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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Early 2000s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Josette Urso, Backyard 3, 2005, Ink Brush Drawing, 6 x 8 in
By Josette Urso
Located in Darien, CT
The view from my studio, looking across Brooklyn’s lower lying factory and warehouse buildings toward the tall grandness of Manhattan, is incredibly complex and at times overwhelming...
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Early 2000s Abstract Josette Urso Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

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