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Joanne Green was born and raised on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Growing up next to the ocean and being surrounded by wilderness, Joanne developed a deep connection to the land. Joanne is now blessed to be cultivating her art practice while raising a family on a small island in the Salish Sea.
Joanne didn't take a direct path to the world of art. Her love of history and culture led her towards Archaeology. She studied at the University of British Columbia and went on to work as an archaeologist for many years. She still does archaeological research, focussing on laboratory midden analysis.
It was during an solo trek through the Himalyan mountains of Nepal when Joanne's creative awakening began. Since then, her creative life has blossomed. Joanne is now known for her bold and colourful paintings. Her work reflects her love of nature, animals and the ocean. Joanne's art pays homage to the beauty and inherent wisdom of the environment as well as its fragility. Joanne's geometric folk-art inspired paintings speak to the symmetry seen in nature and her more abstract works are explorations of the unseen beauty and wonder of the microscopic world. Joanne is currently exploring mixed-media and resin. The common themes running through her various styles are: Love and Innocence and her deep reverence for Mother Nature.
"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."~ John Updike
Joanne didn't take a direct path to the world of art. Her love of history and culture led her towards Archaeology. She studied at the University of British Columbia and went on to work as an archaeologist for many years. She still does archaeological research, focussing on laboratory midden analysis.
It was during an solo trek through the Himalyan mountains of Nepal when Joanne's creative awakening began. Since then, her creative life has blossomed. Joanne is now known for her bold and colourful paintings. Her work reflects her love of nature, animals and the ocean. Joanne's art pays homage to the beauty and inherent wisdom of the environment as well as its fragility. Joanne's geometric folk-art inspired paintings speak to the symmetry seen in nature and her more abstract works are explorations of the unseen beauty and wonder of the microscopic world. Joanne is currently exploring mixed-media and resin. The common themes running through her various styles are: Love and Innocence and her deep reverence for Mother Nature.
"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."~ John Updike