Shops of Yesteryear Inc.

Antique Market Place and

  Gallery of Fine Art  

102 Center Street

Mount Airy, Maryland 21771-1017

Gallery at Yesteryear

Featuring

Joy Boudreaux

Artist

Landscapes and Portraits

Watercolors, Oils, and Acrylics

Commissions Welcome

Phone 301-473-7866

Biography:

Joy started studying art at an early age. Born in New Orleans, a city of artists, Joy showed an interest in art at the age of 10 by signing up, on her own, for art classes at the Delgado Museum (now the New Orleans Museum of Art).  She rode her bike down Esplanade Avenue to go to her classes. As a teen. Joy explored emotional painting by painting to classic music.  Her parents had her paint a realistic mural on their wall.

At the University of New Orleans Joy studied Art History and drawing.  However, marriage put a temporary halt to her educational pursuits.  With an incomplete degree she accompanied her husband to Notre Dame University for his PhD's studies.  When they found themselves in College Park, MD for a few years Joy returned to college and completed a degree in fine art at the  University of Maryland.  There she devoted most of her time to printmaking (etching, lithography).  She was enamored with the process. 

Upon graduation, without the proper equipment to work in printmaking Joy began using a different medium.  She began working with watercolors for the first time.  She also worked as a scientific illustrator and free lance graphic artist for a while.  With two children to put through college Joy began a Real Estate business which continued for 8 years.

Joy decided to become a full time artist in 1995 and took watercolor classes at Frederick Community College from some notable Frederick,  Maryland artists, namely, Elizabeth Prongess, Andrea Burchette and Eloise Bralove.  She is presently studying portraits in  oils with Mary Pfister.

Joy Boudreaux, believes good art requires a lot of mental processing prior to and during the physical process of painting.  She is beginning to explore impressionistic techniques.  Joy also makes her own paper for her creative colleges which incorporate objects from nature. Her watercolors of nature and seascapes are especially popular.  She also has had several commissioned portraits.    

Bahamas

Water color of  the coast of Freeport in the Bahamas.  The above scanned copy has cut a little of the length and width of the actual print.

Print       12X15 Matted                                      $55

Olympia Mountains

This painting was inspired by photos taken on a hiking trail up a mountain to Hurricane Ridge,  in Olympia National Park.  This is an enormous national park in Seattle, Washington.

There are 5 signed and numbered copies of this print.  The scanner deleted part of the print.  

Print                12X14 Matted                                $55

Email address:  mailto:jajo34@erols.com

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Last modified: July 29, 2004