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Joyce Zeller
Joyce Zeller’s aim as an artist is to paint a beautiful painting while capturing the spirit and personality of her subject, whether it is a person, animal or landscape. In her portraits of people she manages to portray their likeness while searching for their inner beauty. She looks for that connection between the subject and the viewer. A painted portrait is a way of connecting one generation to another. Her landscapes are more an attempt to capture the essence of a place rather than an exact duplication of it.
As far back as she can remember she has always been attracted to drawing people and has recently become in love with landscape painting. Joyce works in different types of drawing mediums, pastel and oil, depending on the subject and the feeling she wants to portray.
She has had one solo show, has been accepted into many juried exhibitions in and around the New York Metropolitan area and has won numerous awards. Among them is the Thora M Jensen Memorial Portrait Award given at the Salmagundi Club and The Katherine A Lovell Award.
Joyce has had many prestigious portrait commissions including various federal court judges, physicians and attorneys. Her latest commission of the 81st US Attorney General will be hanging in the Justice Department in Washington DC.
AFFILIATIONS
The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club-Permanent advisor
The Hudson Valley Artist Association
The Connecticut Portrait Society
The Portrait Society of America
Mamaroneck Artist Guild
The National Museum for Women in the Arts
Allied Artists associate
The Pastel Society associate
Artists’ Fellowship, Inc board Member
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Art Students League
Pastel Society
National Academy of Design
Fashion Institute of Technology
School of Visual Arts
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
U S Attorney General Michael Mukasey left office 2009
Honorable Michael Mukasey Chief Federal Court Judge of the Southern District of New York
Honorable Kevin Duffy Federal Court judge of the Southern District of New York
Honorable Loretta Preska Federal Court Judge of the Southern District of New York
Honorable Milton Pollack, Federal Court Judge of the Southern District of New York
Dr. Cynthia Starr of the Dr. Starr Breast Cancer Center in New Jersey
Headmasters of the French American School Mamaroneck New York