​Joanna Painter Art

I am a French-English painter and sculptor who lives in Saint Paul de Vence; in the Alpes Maritimes, France.

I was born in Changi, Singapore as my father Rod Painter served in the Royal Air Force.

I then grew up in Devon in the heart of the English countryside. I studied at Warwick University, but I learned a lot from looking at art in museums and galleries like the Tate Gallery.

Portraiture has always been very important to me. It was through a series of self-portraits that I learned to know myself. In 1993 and 1994 I was selected to be part of the BP Young Artist of the Year exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. A very prestigious exhibition.

 

In 1998, my husband and I moved to Nice. With the arrival of our children, we moved to La Colle sur Loup, where I discovered an environment conducive to artistic development.

In 2020 a new stage opens for us when we move into a new cocoon, ideally located in the artists' village of Saint Paul de Vence, thus offering me an inspiring setting to pursue my artistic passion.

As a hyperrealist artist, I seek to transcend the traditional boundaries of visual art. Through my paintings and sculptures, I seek to capture the very essence of nature and invite the observer to feel it in a deep and intuitive way.

I integrate the "eyes-closed" world in my work : that of imagination, dreams, desires. In some paintings there are hidden details, subtle references to famous works of art.

Do you see them?