JOY BANNERMAN has been designated a Third Century Artist by the North Carolina Arts Council and formerly maintained "Studio M", a New Orleans gallery in the Magazine Street shopping district. She is an ecologist as well as artist, and these strands of nature and culture give the distinctive vision and depth to her art. She is a former associate professor in the Department of Arts and Ideas at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
Bannerman works in the interface between photographic art and paintings, using oil pastels, acrylics, metallic pens, and watercolor media. The range of her work extends from realistic images to those which integrate expressionism with representational points of the familiar. She brings to her artistic creations a depth and breadth of experience as (in no particular rank or order) wildlands-explorer, medical botanist, parent, educator, garden designer, musician, and contemplative.
Bannerman works closely with individuals, interior designers, garden designers, and architects to select or create commissioned works that enhance the pleasure, beauty, functionality, and appropriate energetics for any home, office, or public setting. These include an ever-evolving selection of paintings on canvas and board, archival prints, photographic art, and mixed-media two and three dimensional creations.
ARTIST'S NOTE TO BUYERS
I will be adding new galleries here in the coming months. However, any time you'd like to arrange to view specific styles or images, or if you want to discuss a special commission, please contact me at <artgardengallery@gmail.com>
Please keep checking this Imagekind gallery to see what's new. Next up will be a selection of ocean and botanical images (expressionist, abstract, and realist) -- in paintings, prints, photographic art, mixed-media. Whether your interest is in these subjects, or something else that calls to you, let me know what you're looking for and I'll check my catalog.
I look forward to hearing from you!
