I wish everyone a Happy New Year. Today my studio in Gettys will be open for First Friday between the hours of 5:30 and 8:00. Please feel free to visit.
Open for First Friday on January 3rd, 2025
Update
I am happy to report that approximately 100 people visited my studio in Gettys over the three-day Christmasville weekend. Elsa Turner’s work was on display as was mine. The final work in my frog-on-easel series has hopped away, and perhaps that bodes well for another such fun series. Elsa’s on-hand stock of copper necklaces sold out.
I enjoyed chatting with each and every visitor, and I was grateful to network with the artists who dropped by. Equally important to me was the opportunity to see visitor reaction to my work. People were incredibly kind, but it’s clear to me now that some approaches to oil painting – layers of transparent paint versus one application of opaque paint – are producing the luminosity in landscape vegetation that I’m trying to achieve.
We look forward to seeing the public again at First Fridays, Gallery Crawls and by appointment.
Forthcoming Short Story In Cotton Alley Writers’ Review
I am pleased to announce that my short story, At the Doctor, was selected for a $75 second-place award in the Adult Fiction category of the 2024 Arts Council of York County Literary Competitions. Congratulations to all the other winners! My short story begins on page 18 of the PDF posted below.
I try to notice changes in society before they enter mainstream cultural discourse. Many years ago I began a story called Angie Sits in a Chair, about an administrative assistant whose health deteriorated after years behind a desk. Eventually workplace inactivity problems became widely-recognized, and the phrase ‘sitting is the new smoking’ was popularized. I had to release my character from her situation, so she wriggled out of character-jail and emerged at the doctor’s office.
My story begins on page 19 of the PDF below. Enjoy!
https://www.yorkcountyarts.org/_files/ugd/d32c6c_1626f62fde1b4094aa7b59751bb9e2f1.pdf
Commissions Sought
I am available for commissions. Please see the gallery below for examples of my commissioned work. For oil paintings:
5″ x 7″ linen on panel, framed – $135.
6″ x 8″ lined on panel, framed – $185.
8″ x 10″ linen on panel, framed – $300.
Satisfaction guaranteed or your deposit is returned, no questions asked. Sales tax is included in the price.
Gallery
Joyce Ellen Turner Biography
I create both visual art and creative writing. My education includes an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a BS (general biology) and a BA (philosophy) from Winthrop University, two years of Great Books Program study at St. John’s College in Annapolis, and coursework from both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University Continuing Studies.
I have taken visual art classes and workshops through the Art Students League in New York, City Art in Columbia, SC, the Arts Council of York County. I have published fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Currently I am at work on a memoir about my life as a team over-the-road trucker in the 1990s.
Contact
If you would like to aquire an artwork, arrange a studio visit or discuss a commission, please contact me at joyce_e_turner@hotmail.com. Studio located at 201 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC, 29730. Open by appointment.