One of the most prolific artists I know, Christine Joy paints the glorious Pacific Northwest from her rustic studio in Oregon wine country. Since meeting her at an art fair in 2018, I’ve loved and respected Christine’s jubilant daily devotion to craft—and her work pays off: the paintings just keep getting stronger.

During our visit in fall 2021, she showed me her essential equipment for painting indoors and out, showed us evidence of her killer chops in the brushworks, reminded me that painting first thing in the morning is a fabulous way to live, and explained how she uses flowers to experiment with new techniques. (And—bonus!—we discovered she borrowed a favorite art book from me way back in the beforetimes.)

Find her work here: https://www.christinejoypaintings.me