Joyce Washor - Alissa Craig Onion

Joyce Washor

Joyce Washor lives and works in Riverdale, NY. She received a BFA from Rutgers University and further instruction at The Woodstock School of Art and The Art Students League. Washor was included in both the 2010 and 2005 “Still life Highlights” issue of American Artist Magazine and was also featured in their September 2003 issue. Her Scottsdale Artists’ School workshop was featured in “Workshop Magazine”, Spring ’06. She is author of Big Art, Small Canvas: Paint Easier, Faster and Better with Small Oil Paintings, North Light Books, 2006. Washor is represented by The Lotus Gallery, (Woodstock , NY), The Lawrence Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ), The Aspen Group (Tokyo, Japan) and The Crane Collection (MA). More information is on her website, www.joycewashor.com Paintings are the perfect container for contemplation. They answer my unconscious desire for tranquility and for my need to connect with the divine. Scaling the size to 3x4 inches is a natural response to my meditation practice. It is not just seeing with the physical eyes. It is actually becoming the 'seeing' which takes place inside myself. I find watercolor to be the most intuitive medium giving the subconscious expression. I am captivated by the intimacy of scale and drawn to the silence of still life objects; their stillness makes room for deep reflection.