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Joyce Pike continued
Six years ago I retired from teaching and got serious
about porcelain painting. The medium is handled a lot
different than all the other mediums I have used. The
sensetivity of brush strokes was hard but fun to learn.
One day on my way to Scottsdale to do a workshop, I
stopped off at Riverside, CA to see what porcelain was
all about. There I met Kari Unn Paye, Barbara Ramsey
Snow and many other great porcelain painters. Kari Unn
and I have been the best of friends since. She taught me
so much that I don’t know what I would have done
without her help. I also took a workshop with Alzora
Zaremba who is also a great painter.
I have a problem with small pieces so I usually use
large vases and tiles to work on. I love doing landscapes
and seascapes and enjoy painting small portraits and
animal pendants.
My favorite is the Rose. It’s relaxed beauty just excites
me. All flowers are great, each giving me a different challange.
I know that you all are each in a different stage of development,
but if you love painting and I am sure you do,
just keep going up the hill until you reach the top.
I have lost the sight in my right eye 6 years ago and
the other one isn’t great.
Have fun in what ever you do.”
Love, Joyce Pike
website: www.joycepikefineart.com
Joyce Pike is a sixth generation Californian who is listed in
many major art publications and directories such as:
Who’s Who in American Art, World’s Who’s Who of
Women, The National Biographic Society.
A master signature member of Oil Painters of
America and emeritus member of Women Artist of
the American West. She taught for seventeen years at
Los Angeles Valley College and has given workshops in
Europe, Mexico and throughout the U.S. She has been
featured in several art magazines and her paintings have
been displayed in: Museum of Singapore, China; Museum
of Art, Elmira, NY; Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA;
Elverhoj Museum, Solvang, CA; and Bowers Museum,
Santa Ana, CA.
Joyce has 3 books published by: North Light in print:
Painting Floral Still Life, Oil Painting-A Direct Approach,
and Painting Flowers. In addition, she has made 45 onehour
tapes available through the Art Video Productions.
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