Joy Halsted
acrylics, mixed media, wood sculpture
54 Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-282-7767
capeann1@comcast.net
www.joyhalsted.com
I’m a narrative artist. I like to tell stories, in abstract shapes, lines and colors, representational landscapes and portraits. I have worked in many media: printing, painting, wood and metal sculpture, recycled plastic, and glass. Each one contributes to what I bring to the next. Often the work in progress surprises me, which I find exciting. I like surprises.
Born in Philadelphia, Joy Halsted studied there with Hobson Pittman and at the Art Institute of Philadelphia (Moore College of Art and Design); at the Art Students' League in Woodstock, NY; at Bennington College with George Holt and Paul Feely; at the Art Institute of San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and with Jack Perlmutter of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC.
Halsted has exhibited her work in Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, her home town of Gloucester, MA, and elsewhere; her work is in the permanent collections of museums in Gloucester, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Duluth, MN, and in private and corporate collections. She has taught art in public and private schools in Washington, DC, and worked as a graphic designer.
See Yourself as Others See You
Acrylic, 55" x 49"
Family Impressions
Plywood, ironing board, coat hanger, canvas
50" x 60" x 14"