I paint what interests me, what excites me, and hope that the paintings convey that excitement and strike a responsive note in the viewer.

I love painting portraits and figures and try to capture someone's personality. I find land and waterscapes more of a challenge, but am inspired often by the light, the composition, or the mood of a place, and I find it very gratifying when a painting is successful and conveys the spark that inspired me to paint it.

Joyce Lister is a pastel artist, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Painting plein air or using photographs as a reference, she creates colorful horse racing scenes, as well as portraits, landscapes, seascapes, interiors, and still lifes. .. joyce, lister, studios, paint, landscapes, portraits, color, art, maryland, frame, stilllife