Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Joyce Beauvais, September Artist-of-the-Month

Joyce White Beauvais of Farmerville, Louisiana is the Ouachita River Art Gallery’s featured artist in September. Her show, Leaves, depicts different forms of plant life. As a lover of nature, Joyce looks around and sees that beauty abounds locally. The subject of her painting, Dried Corn Stalks, is something that all locals see every year.
As a Orleans native, Joyce lived in that area until her move to Lake D’Arbonne about
fourteen years ago. Her paintings reflect both south and northeastern Louisiana influences. Some of her paintings have depicted south Louisiana cemeteries. She has also painted scenes from Lake D'Arbonne, Bayou DeLoutre' and other area bayous.
Joyce paints in acrylic, oil and watercolor. Her favorite medium is watercolor on yupo paper. Yupo is not really a paper, but plastic. The paint sits on the surface and lets the artist be creative. Her latest award was the Dr.H.B. Wright Memorial Award at the 2010 53rd Annual Spring Exhibition at Barnwell Art Center in Shreveport, held by the Hoover Watercolor Society. The winning painting, called Forest Floor, is included in this exhibit.