The portraits were a wedding gift.
This particular portrait had a note (…) “so please try to stay healthy!”
Portrait was exhibited in an Art Guild Show (…) it was purchased right away by a lady who said it was the spitting image of a child she had adopted…
A favorite of Joy’s out of all her portraits, one can see why
Joy left some loving comments about Ruth Haddock
Request (…) from an older gentleman who wanted his father’s uniform put on a portrait of himself
Painted for a family who’s father had died it was commemorative
Joy said “This little “pixie” boy was one of my favorite commissions to paint
Joy didn’t define herself as a pastel artist but (…) experimented with all kinds of media
This painting was Joy’s first entry into an Art Guild of Scarborough Exhibition
The portrait is an interesting departure from the complete image of the head being included in the composition
a full scale nude is not an easy or simple task