 April, Haliburton Bridge acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Bellevue Ave acrylic on board, 18" × 24" |
 Kensington acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Wellington St. acrylic on board, 10" × 8" |
  Huron St. acrylic on board, 12" × 16" |
 Richmond St. West acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Portland St., 2001 acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Niagara St. acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Beverley St. acrylic on board, 10" × 12" |
 Euclid Street acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Monday, Dufferin Near King acrylic on board, 12" × 16" |
 Norland acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Keswick, 1996 acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Muskoka River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Parry Sound acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Loon Lake, 1996 acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 April, Halls Lake acrylic on board, 9" × 12" |
 Wren Lake acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Near Gravenhurst acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Don River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Aasiaat Village, Greenland, 2006 acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Holly's Pond acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Drag River, 1997 acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 November, Loon Lake acrylic on board, 6" × 8" |
 March Gull River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Birches, 1994 acrylic on board, 9" × 12" |
 April, Kennissis Lake, 1981 acrylic on board, 9" × 12" |
 West Dover, N.S. acrylic on board, 9" × 12" |
 Seated Nude graphite & chalk on paper, 14½" × 17½" |
 Portrait, 2005 chalk & conté on paper, 10" × 12¼" |
John Joy (1925 - 2012) – Artist Biography
Born in 1925, John Joy, was one of a few comtemporary artists devoted to the art of on-the-spot painting of the Canadian landscape. In a time when the camera dominates as the intermediary between the subject and the artist, Joy did away with this unnecessary filter. The subtle variations in light within his watercolours and acrylics are a direct result of this method of working. No camera could interpret the translucency of sky and snow with the depth of perception that Joy displays in his art. The same is true of his tremendous sense of colour. The kind of visual truth that John Joy presents in his work can only be achieved by direct contact with nature and its studious contemplation.
This method of working was favoured by both of his renowned early mentors, Doris McCarthy and Carl Schaefer. John Joy was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Artists and was a member of the Toronto Arts and Letters Club. He has also exhibited with the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. His work can be found in numerous private collections throughout Canada and Europe.
John passed away on January 14th, at the age of 86.