Joyce Pinch was born in Derby and now lives in the Cotswolds. She studied art at Redland College, Bristol and has taught art and design in secondary schools and at the University of the West of England. At the same time Joyce has continued to pursue her own work. She has paintings exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries in London.
“Whilst teaching I have collected a vast range of objects for the students and myself to draw inspiration from. These are in the main natural forms such as nests, seed heads, skulls, pebbles etc or fruits and vegetables found in markets at home and abroad.
This has been my life-long subject matter for my own painting and I find that I work better when following a theme as one painting will often lead on to another. It is for this reason that I have arranged my recent and past work under the general headings of Harvest, Ornithology, Seashore and Objects.
The feeling that I am endeavouring to create is a combination of the fragility and vulnerability of the forms and to experiment with composition and change of scale, inviting the viewer to take a new and closer look."
