Artist:Joy Forbes Cole

Five per cent of all profits from the sale of paintings will be donated to LUPUS UK., a UK National Charity which funds research into Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). SLE is a life threatening illness for which there is currently no cure, and from which araound 40,000 in the UK now suffer.

The Pool

Isabella Plantation

Hearing Skylarks

Yellow Field, Romney Marsh

Autumn Landscape

North Downs Way

Evening Seascape, Sussex

Barnes Pond

Kew Green

The Ark

Isabella Plantation

House With Apple Tree

Information about artist JOY FORBES COLE
The work shown here includes some pieces from the early 1990's as well as paintings completed in the last year, and ranges from direct representation to the more abstract.
Joy Forbes Cole studied at Kingston College of Art, now Kingston University. She had her first exhibition of student work on leaving college then worked for a picture restorer in London. From there, she went on to become a part time lecturer at Chiswick Polytechnic.
Joy has exhibited at many locations, including:
The Apple Gallery, Godalming
Pond Gallery, London SW4
Parkside Gallery SW14
The New Art Centre, London
Southwark Cathedral


Group Exhibitions:
Mall Galleries, London
Garden History Museum, London
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
New Grafton Gallery, SW15
Llewellyn Alexander Ltd., Waterloo
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Chelsea Art Society & Richmond Art Society

Solo Exhibitions
Mayfield Gallery, Fulham
Riverside Gallery, Richmond, 1998

Joy says "My main subject has always been landscape, both natural and man-made. At one stage a preoccupation with industrial landscape led to commissions from business organisations such as CIBA(ARL) Ltd., and Jermyn Industries.
The 'Temple' series or paintings, some of which are shown here, were originally inspired by a visit to a Synagogue and use an amalgam of parts of the architecture.Colour was a response to the Hebrew music heard there. These paintings developed alongside the latest landscapes, which also seek to extract certain characteristic shapes and colours to evoke the spirit/atmosphere of a place, by creating an equivalent experience, rather than purely factual representation."

In the past, Joy has carried out commissions for business organisations, for example : CIBA(ARL) Ltd., and private buyers.
Where the painting is a fixed size and large - say six foot, an advance payment is usually made to cover the cost of canvas/board etc., and as a deposit for the time to be spent on the work. The balance is paid on completion.
The cost of framing is treated separately. The buyer can make their own arrangements or Joy will obtain a quote and order the frame if required.