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"Joan Skeet's work translates and balances the aesthetic with a sensitivity and understanding of our natural world into the issues surrounding our environment today. Her paintings are not only beautiful, they are rich, exciting and thoughtful all at once. They beg you to come back for a second, third, fourth... look." - Lynn Feasey, Director, TREES Gallery
Artist Biography:
Joan Skeet is a North Vancouver artist whose printmaking and mixed media art works are primarily based in the natural world. Creating works in the mode of contemporary modern expressionism her practice explores the inherent energy of nature and natural elements. Working primarily in oil on canvas, Joan will often incorporate collaged elements including digital imagery, worked paper, twigs, detritus, bits of glass, metal and other found materials into her paintings.
Joan has a diploma of Visual Arts with Distinction from the University of the Okanagan (formerly Okanagan College) and a Diploma of Fine Arts with a double major in painting and sculpture from Emily Carr College of Art and Design, and was the recipient of various scholarships during her studies. Since Graduation she has taken several printmaking workshops and courses. In 2005/6 two of her street banner designs were selected for Public Art Commissions by the City of North Vancouver.
She is currently represented by Trees Gallery in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia and is an associate artist of Covent Garden Gallery in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Artist Statement
" Nature is all around us...from vast forests to a single raindrop.
In our busy, everyday lives it is easy to forget how our very existence is inextricably linked to the natural world. Through my work I attempt to reconnect in a visual manner to the natural world and its energies and encourage the concepts of environmental awareness and stewardship. I work with paint, canvas, papers, inks, detritus, gold leaf and found items to create pieces of art that endeavor to communicate my impressions and expressions of the astounding interest, joy and mystery of nature."
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