About the Artist: Joyce Huntington

September 2024 Issue
About the Cover Artist — Joyce Huntington
by Lindsay Gifford

Joyce Huntington, whose artwork is founded in energy, is always looking for ways to get her energy out there. She’s excited to debut her second Pink cover and share her special energy with our beloved readers.

Joyce’s work is always a meditative process. Many of the images she paints are given to her during meditation, or come during those moments between worlds, when one is just waking up. “I don’t try to figure out their meanings, I just paint the vision. Time stops when I start mixing colors; intuition guides my strokes. Painting is all about discovery, making connections between the subconscious mind, the hand, and the canvas. There’s always a surprise when I put down the brush and move back, always more and less than I intended,” said Joyce. It is usually at this point she begins to see and understand what her subconscious was manifesting during her state of deep thought.

She strives to emphasize the spirit of her visions in all of her work. “Years ago, while meditating in my living room, I opened my eyes and looked out to the street where a friend was standing in the yard. I saw that person connected to a nearby tree with infinitesimal lines of light, and those same lines connected to a bird in the sky and to a child playing down the block, and to the sun and back to me sitting in my living room. Nothing was unconnected. I was able to sense the whole,” Joyce explained. Since that powerful vision, Joyce has tried to include this strong sense of connection to everything and everyone in the world.

This month’s cover, entitled “Circle of Love”, is an oil on canvas of unconditional, universal love that came to Joyce during meditation, “Of all the paintings I’ve channeled, this final product is the closest to my original vision. The unending warmth and joy truly show.”

Joyce has also illustrated several children’s books and is the author of Cooking Over My Head, an inspirational memoir, full of photos, recipes, and images of her paintings. In this book she takes the joy of cooking to a new level, both by enjoying the process and being in awe of it all at the same time.

Log into the world of Joyce Huntington at www.joycehuntingtonart.com. There you will find a gallery of her works, many which are available in giclee—including “Circle of Love”. You can also purchase notecards, her books, and her original, inspirational meditation card deck, “Messages from the Light.” In addition, Joyce’s work can be purchased at www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/joyce-huntington and in her gallery and shop, Frameworks of Ojai located in Ojai, CA, a thriving arts community filled with writers, photographers, artists (some world-renowned) musicians, composers and spiritual seekers.