Please join Sarah Shepard Gallery on Saturday, December 6, 1:30-3:00 for a family-friendly art project to celebrate the winter months. We will create wintery scenes out of collage and crayon inspired by artist Jocelyn Fine’s painting The First of December, on view in our current exhibition, Until We Meet Again. Supplies and artistic guidance will be provided!
Presented in collaboration with 3walls—a Brooklyn-based art advisory and pop-up gallery that champions local, emerging artists—Until We Meet Again features ten works created between 2023 and 2025. The exhibition will be on view November 6 – December 20, 2025.
Jocelyn Fine holds a BFA from the University of Vermont and an MS in Architectural Conservation from Columbia University. She studied painting at the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro in Florence, Italy, and completed painting conservation internships at MoMA, the Guggenheim, and the National Museum of the American Indian. Most recently, she was selected for the Millay Arts Residency in Austerlitz, NY (Summer 2025).
Fine’s background in art conservation fuels her fascination with uncovering what lies beneath the surface. Two decades of teaching art to young children have also profoundly shaped her creative process and approach to artmaking.
A cancer diagnosis in 2014 marked a turning point in her life, propelling her into a journey of introspection and spiritual exploration. Confronting mortality deepened her awareness of human fragility and inspired a new body of work that investigates the spiritual essence embedded in nature. Working from memory, she began creating dreamlike landscapes that transcend time and space—images residing deep in her consciousness. These works convey narratives about the vastness and power of the natural world, as well as the transience of human existence.
Thematically, Fine gravitates toward childhood memories, landscapes, and archetypes in nature. She explores the supernatural and the mysteries of the universe, often focusing on the liminal space between the conscious and subconscious to examine the deep interconnectedness between the human body and the natural world. Her paintings often merge human and natural forms to reveal a shared life force, portraying nature as sentient, emotive, and spiritually resonant. Influenced by the principles of Spiritual Ecology, her art responds to the climate crisis by affirming our inseparability from the natural world. Through these symbolic landscapes and anthropomorphic elements, Fine seeks to heal, connect, and elevate human awareness.
Bio: Jocelyn Fine is an American artist living and working in New Jersey. She comes from a multigenerational family of artists, filmmakers, collectors, and gallerists. Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Kaliner Gallery (NYC), 5-50 Gallery (Long Island City), FORMah Gallery (NYC), the Montclair Art Museum, Sarah Shepard Gallery, 3walls and Akwaaba Gallery (NYC). Fine’s paintings are held in private and institutional collections across the United States and Canada.
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