www.inspiredpalettestudio.com
Scottsdale, AZ
“It is a happy talent to know how to play”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
As an experimental artist with a strong background in design, Jo finds joy in bringing the intuitive nature of play together with the more formal elements of design. Line is a recurring element through most of her paintings and for her, line is about connection. It is the common element that runs through the painting and adds a sense of structure. Line is the path that starts the journey and creative shape, color, texture and composition are the destinations. Jo's motivation for all of her paintings is always the same - experimentation. She gets a little idea, wiggles it around in her mind for awhile, puts a few lines down on the paper and watches that little idea take on a life of its own. Like a woman who writes to discover what she is thinking, Jo paints to find her vision.
In 2009 Jo was selected for the annual “Ones to Watch” feature article of Watercolor Artist Magazine. Her works can also be seen in The Artist’s Muse by Betsy Dillard Stroud, Creative Composition and Design by Pat Dews, and the magazine, Watercolor Magic, issues Feb 2003 and Feb 2005. Jo won an award in the very first show she entered in 2002 and has continued to win awards throughout the years. In 2012 she was honored to receive 1st Place in Acrylic in the Glendale Arts Council 49th Annual Exhibion and both Best of Show and the President's Purchase Award in the Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Exhibition.
She has recently begun to teach workshops and classes and finds great delight in sharing her unique techniques as well as empowering fellow artists to find both new joy and direction in their art.
Publications:
2009 Watercolor Artist Magazine, “Ones to Watch” feature article, December 2009
2006 The Artist’s Muse, Betsy Dillard Stroud, FW Publications
2005 Watercolor Magic, “Unmask Your Creativity” by Betsy Dillard Stroud, February 2005
2003 Creative Composition and Design, Pat Dews, FW Publications
2003 Watercolor Magic, “A Line to Creativity” by Betsy Dillard Stroud, February 2003.
Awards:
Best of Show, 2012 AWA Fall Ehibition
President's Purchase Award, 2012 AWA Fall Exhibition
First Place Acrylic, 2012 Glendale Arts Council 49th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition
Best of Show, 2011 Contemporary Watercolorists ASU Gammage Exhibition
Award of Merit, 2010 AWA Spring Exhibition
Purchase Award, 2009 Vistas Exhibition, Church of the Beatitudes Arts Council
Award of Excellence, 2009 AWA Spring Exhibition
Exhibitions:
2013 Chandler Center for the Arts, Waterworks Exhibition, Chandler, AZ
2012 Arizona Watercolor Association, Fall Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 Glendale Arts Council 49th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Glendale, AZ
2011 Contemporary Watercolorists of AZ, ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ
2010 Waterworks Exhibition, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
2010 AWA National Watercolor Exhibition, ASU Fletcher Library, Glendale, AZ
2010 34th Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition, West Valley City, Utah
2010 Contemporary Watercolorists of AZ, Spring Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 Arizona Watercolor Association, Spring Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona
2009 Vistas Exhibition, Glendale, Arizona
2009 Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Exhibition, Fountain Hills, Arizona
2009 Arizona Watercolor Association Spring Exhibition, Glendale, Arizona
2008 Arizona Artist Guild Fall Exhibition, Fountain Hills, Arizona
2008 Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona
Professional Affiliations:
Arizona Watercolor Association
Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona
All Jazzed Up
The Waltz
Genesis
Unspoken
Beyond Words
Sacred Conversations: Open My Heart
Sacred Conversations: Lost and Found #1
Sacred Conversations: Lost and Found #2
Sacred Conversations: Fully Alive
Sacred Conversations: God of Hope
Sacred Conversations: The Best Part #1
Sacred Conversations: Fullness of Joy
Just Before Twilight
Beyond the Veil
Rhythms of Change
After the Rain
Liquid Gold
Seasoned Opponents
Five and Diner
Henry
Dancing the Blues
Wrinkle in Time