Works From Home Featured Artist - Joan Forsythe
MEET JOAN FORSYTHE
Joan is a resident of the City of The Kawartha Lakes, residing in Lindsay.
She practised Interior Design professionally in Toronto for her working life. She has a Bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture at the University of Manitoba.
As retirement approached she got back to her love of artmaking.
Joan had studied at the Toronto School of Art, Ontario College of Art, Haliburton School of the Arts, Neilson Park Creative Centre and has taken numerous workshops from artists who inspired her.
She was President of the Forest Hill Art Club for six years and a member of the Don Valley Art Club, serving on the Workshop Committee. The past two years as a member of The Kawartha Arts Network, she has worked on the program committee and is the convenor for the future Art Matters Show.
She is an acrylic and mixed media painter and paints abstract landscapes and non-objective works as well as honing her skills at doing woodcut prints.
She loves the natural world and many of her themes are based on her photography from extensive travels in South East Asia, China, Japan, South and East Africa Egypt, trek in Nepal and her kayak adventures in Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island. Her most recent adventure was to Antarctica on an Expedition ship in 2018. These landscapes are imbedded in her memory and deeply affect her work.
Joan writes poetry and prose with the local Circle of Writers.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The elements of nature move my soul,
Ocean, lake and river, the water elements,
Forest, field and mountains, the land elements,
Sky, clouds, stars and planets, the air elements,
The changing seasons, spring, summer, winter, fall,
These inspire me to pick up a brush and paint.
Interested in knowing more about Joan and her work or in purchasing a piece, please contact Joan at joanforsythe@bell.net
