About the Artist

                       A Little About Myself

I come from a long line of creative thinkers. Some of my earliest memories are of my mother sitting at the sewing machine

and visits to my great grandmother’s house who always had a special handmade gift for me. A refurbished old grey fur coat

turned into a beautiful stuffed elephant or one of my favorites was my sock monkey. My mom was influenced a great deal

from her grandmother. Both were fluent in “needle talk”; crocheting, knitting, crewel work, cross stitch and sewing.

Living a creative life was always a part of my memories. My dad had a whole other side of creativity that I am afraid was

not in my genes, music. I remember as a young girl dad would sit on his bed and play either his accordion or the guitar.

I know music touched his soul the same way painting does for me.

 I have lived in Saskatchewan my whole life and I truly appreciate it's simplicity and beauty.  I married my husband

 Ken and we had 3 children.  Life was full and busy, in my spare time I sewed and did as many crafts as I could

 afford to. When our youngest child was in school I started working for my sister with her leather business while

 upgrading my schooling to work with children with disabilities.  I spent the next 13 years working in the school system. 

  In my early 40’s I became very ill with Colitis.  In 2003, and after many surgeries, art became a big part of my healing.

  While taking a variety of workshops in painting, and many more hours studying from a vast collection of art instruction

  books, I learned to paint the beautiful landscapes that surrounded me and the places we have visited. I found color

  theory particularly fascinating and was especially interested in the healing qualities of color, art and music.  In some

  ways my illness was a wake-up call for me to get back to a more creative life.  I am so thankful for all of it, sometimes

  something unfortunate brings about something beautiful! 

  I began painting full time in 2009 and opened Jocelyn's Fine Art Gallery in Esterhazy in 2010. After many local and

  guest artist shows, music concerts and art classes we closed the gallery in 2018. This allows me the time needed to

  focus on travelling, painting and teaching. You can usually find me in my studio but I also love to paint on location

  when the summer months permit. 

One of the biggest discoveries and challenges for me in my art career has been the realization that the painting is only

part of the story. Each of my paintings began as a story or a feeling that was only inside of me. The challenge was for

me to get those thoughts, ideas and inspirations onto canvas so others can understand why I paint what I paint. My

paintings are a part of my journey.  It is up to the viewer to interpret, to feel, to love and to share the rest of the

story. At that point my art becomes a part of their journey. I love how art can connect people of all walks of life.

 I feel  a deep spiritual connection between my environment and my creativity and am driven to capture the connection

between nature, light and spirit with color. Sometimes this intense, juicy color comes out in the form of landscape and

other times in the form of abstract. Recently, and much to my surprise, I am even spilling out through poetry!    

 I am very fortunate to spend my days doing what I love and to share my gifts with others.

 I hope I can bring some joy and inspiration to your day.