Joy's Creative Space

Joy's Creative Dream Journal Death Perchance to D ream Death is but a deep sleep upon which when we awake we find that this life was only a dream....

Wise Woman series at Flynne's  Me Painting in My Back Yard on a Beautiful Spring Day   My Creative Space and Work Table in My Studio

    This is my studio where I teach art to children and  and do wonderful  mixed  media  and creativity  workshops for adults.  Come by. I am almost always open and would love to meet yo                                                                               Joy Joy of Art Studio  139 East Pennsylvania Ave. B.  Southern Pines, NC  910-528-7283   

I used plastics to create a surface by layering and using a heat tool. The effect is amazing and creates wonderful surfaces for background but the material can also be cut and hardened to make incredible jewelry shards and earrings .I will be creating a workshop and how to videos on this technique and more layering  so check back .

                                                               Eve Avery Boutique  

We are Vessels of the Spirit I named this piece to remind us that we are vessels of the Spirit to hold love,  peace and compassion for  all life. I created it with altered and aged pop bottle plastic  and added a little urn for a necklace that I once wore and wanted to re-purpose. It had been waiting just for this time to have life once again

      Com e join in on the joy of creating  at the  Joy of Art Studio  I believe that creativity is a journey that we all travel even though our paths may be different. I also believe that creativity is a process that we can and must trust. As an artist, I am always experimenting and exploring. I call it creative play instead of work because I believe that creating is a joyful experience! To participate in the magic, we need to begin somewhere, anywhere, to jump into the unknown. Creativity is a journey, a wonderful inner venture that takes us to amazing places in our self. All that we must do is trust our own muse and the direction that She is leading us. I hope to meet other fellow travellers who are also on the creative journey and perhaps share our discovered landscapes together. Creativity, though a lone experience, can may also be shared with another creative traveller . As artists we do not walk alone.......

Joy's Blings, Bangles and Baubles can be                              seen at  Eve Avery         

Pretty Face Portraits I found some wooden for sell signs and decided to use it as a surface for my women's faces. I painted the surface and then drew and painted in the faces. They are all different and have unique personalities. You can see them at Eve Avery Boutique in downtown Southern Pines. I will also be teaching Pretty Face workshop  during my Creative Workshops for Women beginning in June.. Stay tuned for more information and  a Painting a Pretty Face video  

Flower Child Free Spirit                                This reminds me of the 60's and the time of the flower children, a time when people were handing out flowers as symbols of love and peace. I think at this very scary time, we all need to go back to that. It also represents my own soul which is still very much a flower child and believes in all goodness. If we all spent one minute a day to stop and give our thoughts to peace and love, our world would become a better place to live and our earth would heal. Perhaps that is looking at things with rose colored glasses but that is how I would rather "see"

I am a Flower Child at Heart     

Ode to Spring   We are all seeds and blossoms of our becoming  self  in the celebration of the renewal of spring and the blooming of the flower. Joy Hellman  

Joy of Art Studio Discover Your Creative Self Texture Technique and Creating Surface 101 Adults Saturday April 14th 1-4 Learn how to create surfaces for you collage mixed media and paintings using a variety of techniques and material . $45.00 including materials This workshop will be progressive throughout the summer with surface design in various media including fabric                                        910-528-7283   Celebrate Your Creative Self

Students in a Celebrate Your Wild Woman, Wise Woman Workshop. They used a variety of fabric fibers, beads,and found objects. They also learned hand felting and basic decorative stitching to create their little art doll .  The little dolls were one of a kind beauties whimsical , magical and wonderful..The ladies were so happy with their little creations... Other  fiber workshops soon so stay tuned.. 

Students learned how to mix color values and use what they learned in an abstract flower painting   in honor of Spring. Mixing colors and creating color values as well as learning about color theory is a strong foundation in painting. plus it is magical! To mix colors to really "see"colors for the very first time is exciting! Our next series will be in acrylic techniques and a study of flowers at Weymoth Garden. The students will observe, draw take digital photos of flowers as reference for their paintings.

May my art be an alchemy of creativity and speak to others with its visual language of color and form. May I be an open and receptive channel for the Creative Source of all that is created and express It all that I am and do today. My Life is my art and I am the artist of my life.

Something new is being birthed within me as it lies quivering with life like a tiny fetus not yet formed but conscious of its being . It is my small self awaiting to be born into the greater Self. My Self becoming

Registration for Art in the Park can be done separately or combined. Sign up for Art in the Park or Paint like the Masters $80.00 for the week. Combined $120.00 with a five dollar discount if registered before May 23rd or $20.00 if you register for one of the other summer art camps planned.910-528-7283 Call for registration and more art camps planned for this summer.

Of coarse, I am driven by my own passion to create but we all need to be inspired! To be creatively supported and reinforced by other creatives!                                                     Monday April 2 nd 7-9 Why do you create? What do you create? When do you find that you are most creative? How do you deal with creative blocks and procrastination? What are your creative goals? Do you want to be more creative, productive, focused? These topics will be shared in our first meeting Group based on the book the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and Trust the Process by Shaun Mc Niff Be prepared to write and sha...

My art dolls are created beginning with the form which is three pipe cleaners wrapped on fabric strips. Her dress is scarves in strips and flower applique. Her hair is dyed wool. I used grape and strawberry Koolaid to dye her hair. I make these little dolls in a series. some are goddesses, some are fairies and others are angels and Tattered Rose and Funky Fashions  and Wild Women dolls. They are fun,  wild whimsical dolls meant to bring a little joy and giggles to the owner. I also teach classes in how to create art dolls and can be reached at my studio Joy of Art Studio joyof_art@msn.com   Tutorials on how I created these little dolls are coming soon so   check back..

Celebrate Your Creative Self through the Joy of Art This is one of my videos for the new Celebrate your Creative Self through the Joy of Art workshops and classes for women that I am launching. More to come in Mixed Media, Fiberart, Expressive Painting,  Joy of Art and Soul, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Collage, Creative Crafts and Stamping, Funky Jewelry Making, Fused Glass, Polymer Clay,Visual Journaling, Altered Books, Intuitive Painting and so much much more. I will also offer Creative Retreats and  Creative Gatherings this summer. Stay tuned...... join in on the creative connection and celebration.