Joyce Hutchinson: September's Featured Artist at Butterfield Garage

Joyce Hutchinson moves deftly thru many mediums. Her subject matter varies as widely as her passions: from historical decorative designs to the realism of florals that she creates in oil, acrylic, watercolor, color pencil, and graphite.

Imagination is the key to Joyce Hutchinson’s art, yet her execution is shaped by years of classic education at McKendree University in Illinois, with continued private classes to hone her skills. Her work is imbued with the freedom of experimentation. Joyce focuses on creating images that are diverse but maintain elements of nature that breathe life into her art.

The love of painting and writing envelop her and her need to express all of her thoughts and visions is always a welcomed adventure. Her style incorporates a wandering freedom to create dynamic images, sharing the awareness of how art and nature can blend harmoniously. Her mission is to not let people forget the “what” and “why” of understanding harmony and humanity, and discovering what it really means. Her mission is to encourage the what and why in the viewer to guide us toward discovering harmony and humanity.

As well as being an artist, Joyce is owner and instructor of her own private art school where she has been teaching her students in a personal tutorial style for the past 20 years. She bases her lessons on the timeless foundations of art and design that were central to her own education. She is also a self-published poet and writer – a challenging balance of disciplines to maintain.