Joan has been enriched by the arts her entire life. Born in Vancouver, BC, she was raised in an artistic family. Her parents encouraged her ability, as her mother is a self taught artist and her siblings either paint or are musically accomplished.
She grew up in California and attended schools in the San Francisco Bay area. Winning awards for art excellence began in high school where Joan was involved with art and graphics to promote school and community events. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in Fine Arts with a design emphasis.
Further studies continued at the Art Academy in San Francisco and Visual Arts in New York in 1982. Exploring all mediums has been an on going interest.
Her conceptual and design development absorbed her for twenty years in the design and advertising industry which led her from San Francisco to New York, Los Angeles and now Vancouver, creating design and advertising campaigns for some of the largest national accounts in North America. Her awards in this field are numerous.
Joan's current acrylic paintings layer vivid colours and texture and showcase her love of simplicity and succinct visual composition. Her series of "Figurescapes" depict figures in activities represented in a fresh, abstract style full of energy.
