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Joan
was born in Birmingham, UK, in 1938 and migrated to Australia with her
parents ten years later. She started her painting career in
1972 studying in London under Frank Walter, an excellent teacher who
has influenced her present teaching methods. Back home in
Tasmania the following year, and with her two children at school, she
was able to develop her own styles of painting and teaching.
During 1979 she attended the Decordova Art College near Boston in the
USA. She has travelled extensively, visiting many public and
private galleries in Australia and overseas, absorbing the best of the
artists in her own field while at the same time developing her own
unique style. She lives in Taroona,
a beautiful harbour-side suburb a few kilometres south of Hobart.
Joan delights in truly portraying the moods and beauty of Tasmania,
both in wilderness and in populated areas. Her source of
inspiration is nature and her work is the result of close observation
and many field trips. She has a particular interest in water
in all its forms, including seascapes. She took part in two
circumnavigations of Tasmania by sea and has sailed to Port Davey in
the remote south-west of the State nine times.
Joan's early paintings were mostly medium size, with an occasional
larger work. They were very well accepted from the outset
and she received many awards on the local scene. In the
early 1990s she was asked to consider painting miniature works.
These quickly became successful and started to gain awards
overseas. Joan is a founder member and committee member of
the Australian Society
of Miniature Art Tasmania Inc and a member of The Miniature Art
Society of Florida and of The
Art Society of
Tasmania. In 2006 she was elected an Associate
of The Royal
Society of Miniature Painters Gravers and Sculptors (RMS) in
the United
Kingdom. Her large and small works are held in many
collections world-wide.
As well as continuing her painting, Joan still teaches privately and
for Adult Education. Three times a year she also teaches
classes in painting miniatures. As well as her painting
qualifications and memberships she is a Fellow of The
Royal Society for
the Encouragement of Manufactures and Arts (RSA) and an
Associate of
the London
College of Music.
Although she has occasionally used other media, almost all Joan's
serious paintings have been executed in oils. Her largest
works are on board or linen and her miniatures are on paper or ivorine.
Joan
happily takes commissions to paint Tasmanian and other scenes.
She has recently completed a large painting of the American Grand
Canyon.
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