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Artist Bio

Joyce H. Kamikura, NWS, SFCA

Joyce works in her studio in Richmond, B.C., painting in oils and in water based mediums including watercolour, mixed media, collage and acrylic. But her work also takes her outside her studio. She has painted large colorful and historical murals in Chemainus, B.C., and in Kenora, Ontario. She also conducts workshops in Canada and abroad.

Joyce was born in Steveston, B.C., spent her first 4 years in the internment camp, Lemon Creek, B.C., then in Japan for 9 years. Her return to Canada took her to Montreal for 2 years then back to Richmond. Years after obtaining her Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration Degree from the University of B.C., she studied art at Kwantlen and Langara colleges.

Joyce is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS - U.S.A.) and a Senior Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (SFCA). Her works have been entered in many juried exhibitions and she has had numerous solo and group shows internationally. She exhibits her paintings in galleries in major cities in Canada. Her works have been featured and profiles have been written in books, magazines and dailies in Canada, the US, Japan and Australia. More info at http://joycekamikura.blogspot.com/

Artist's Statement

My Paintings represent my personal response to my environment. My ideas are not whole but fragments of what fascinate me and are seeds from which my works begin to develop. As a result, although my works undoubtedly have roots in my daily living, they may be a good deal removed from reality; some of them may be quite representational while others become abstracts.

By exaggerating vibrant colours, entertaining visual textures and other elements of design I take my painting mediums beyond their traditional execution; into mixed water media, acrylic, collage and oil. A subject leads to an idea. Then it becomes an immediate cause for me to paint, ultimately experiencing fun and struggle of permutations and possibilities deriving from that idea. It is not so much in the final product, but in the process and struggle to bring all elements together to function in harmonious presentation in a painting, that I derive so much satisfaction and pleasure as an artist.

http://www.joycekamikura.blognet.com
E-Mail: kamikura@shaw.ca