Each summer my family and I travel to Greensboro, North Carolina, where we spend five weeks teaching and playing at Eastern Music Festival, an immersive music festival for high school… Read More
Today marks the opening of the annual ICC exhibition, Shape of Things, where my artwork Soundform No.4 will be on view (on listen) until January 2024. I invite you to… Read More
The Emerging Artist Grant has pushed me further in my process conceptual and emotionally. Delving even deeper into the themes of trauma, reflection, healing, forgiveness, and the strength of the… Read More
For me receiving the emerging artist grant has been a validation of my artistic voice and vision. It has given me the confidence to break down the barriers of self-doubt… Read More
Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to give a talk about my latest series of oil paintings, “Transcendence,” which was created as part of the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grantee… Read More
Do artists stay inspired all the time? Maybe some do. But my process resembles more of an ebb and flow. I have periods of great productivity followed by periods of… Read More
Ok putting my own advice to the test… set an intention and set out to do the work. The scrolls are a launching pad to do more, to articulate the… Read More
By Shawn Dell Joyce In the studio, my technique is more relaxed. I start out with a value sketch, and color study, often done days ahead of time to plan… Read More
Last week, over 75 band members from the City of Dunedin Pipe Band traveled to Chicago, IL to compete at the largest pipe band competition in the USA. This year,… Read More
Ideas and Issues Presented in My Work I paint so many farms because I grew up as a citrus farmer in Brownsville, Texas, and fully expected to be a farmer… Read More
