Joan Meade has been a painter for most of her life, starting in oils, and discovering acrylics in the 1970’s. She studied art and architecture at Cornell University in upstate New York, and art at Colorado College. Her first exhibitions were in Tunis, Tunisia, and Washington, DC as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Through the years, she has continued studies and shown at art centers around the US. Joan has exhibited widely across the Southeast and in New Mexico, including Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC and Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC.

“My passion is for the natural world, and I am especially drawn to water, rocks and trees in their spectacular variety. I work in sculptural acrylics, with texture, color and shapes giving a three-dimensional effect. My works are inspired by my travels and enhanced by my imagination.”