February 2023 Artist Demo: Joy Willow

Joy Willow

​Starting off a new year of art demos, Joy Willow​ was our February presenter.  Joy is a Foothill-based painter, poet and musician.  You can see her striking nature-inspired abstracts on her website and in the Aloft.  Here's what Joy said about her presentation:  "I will share the exciting, un-planned experience of process painting:  adding and subtracting elements, staying loose and layered with spontaneity as the guide. Organic fields of texture along with gestural mark making get things started; then its “just" about letting go and being spontaneous."   MLAA members love a hands-on demo and Joy's presentation enticed us to sit with our eyes closed making marks on paper, then watching Joy herself demonstrate how she starts a painting.

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