 April, Hailburton Bridge acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Baldwin Ave, 2005 watercolour, 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" |
 Manning Ave acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Muskoka River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Aasiaat Village, Greenland, 2006 acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Holly's Pond acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Gull River in September acrylic on board, 24" × 30" |
 Portrait, 2005 chalk & conté on paper, 10" × 12¼" |
 March Gull River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Seated Nude graphite & chalk on paper, 14½" × 17½" |
 Parry Sound acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Howard's Pond acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
 Devon Bay watercolour on paper, 22" × 30" |
 Beverley St. acrylic on board, 10" × 12" |
 Euclid Street acrylic on board, 8" × 10" |
 Monday, Dufferin Near King acrylic on board, 12" × 16" |
 Don River acrylic on board, 28" × 36" |
John Joy – Artist Biography
Born in 1925, John Joy, is one of a few artists today 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 does 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. 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 is a founding member of the Society of Canadian Artists and an active 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.