IMPRESSIONIST
This contemporary painter is a native of North Carolina. She was reared in a small mountain town, being one of 10 girls. As a child, Joyce always loved to draw the human figure. Her art education began at the New York Art Students League, studying under Robert Brackman and William Draper.
Intrigued with the impressionist approach to full color, Joyce was directed by Charles Sovak to the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, which was founded by Charles Hawthorne. It was there that her eyes were opened to how sunlight affects color, and how to see and interpret that light; thereby creating her radiant palette. While spending time at the cape, Joyce was personally mentored by the American…
