Polance, Joyce

Joyce Polance

ONCE, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
ONCE, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
CURTAIN, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
CURTAIN, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
SPARK, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
SPARK, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
BLUE, 12 x 12 in., oil on canvas
BLUE, 12 x 12 in., oil on canvas
CHICAGO, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
CHICAGO, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
CHICAGO, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
CHICAGO, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Chicago Tree, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Chicago Tree, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Landscape, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
CLOUDS, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
CLOUDS, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
HOUSES, encaustic on board, 30 x 40 inches
HOUSES, encaustic on board, 30 x 40 inches
Landscape, encaustic on canvas
Landscape, encaustic on canvas

Joyce Polance was born in New York City in 1965. She attended Wesleyan University and received a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She lives and works in New York.

Joyce is best known for her figurative oil paintings – both expressionistic portraits and large, painterly groups of nude women which explore emotion and relationships.

Polance is the recipient of multiple grants and awards including six CAAP Grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Joyce’s paintings are held nationally and internationally in private and corporate collections.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
In our current political climate of amplified voices and vehement certainties of belief, I explore what happens when things aren’t so definite.

My paintings blur the definitions of figures and landscapes. Trees and mountains scream, dissolving into creatures, churning with inner turmoil. Figures branch into abstracted scenery and spaces.

I begin a painting with a specific reference, but once the image is initially laid in, I cease looking at it. Instead, I engage in dialogue with the painting, letting it lead me to unknown places. Objects begin to change shape; planes become distorted, crashing into one another, melting. I often paint upside down in order to view the subject as an abstract composition, enabling me to focus on color and movement rather than on representation. I throw myself into the work with abandon, covering up or breaking apart surfaces I have just created. In becoming willing to destroy my work, I allow for something entirely new to emerge. These processes occur multiple times during the creation of a piece, removing the image even further from reality. My use of thick, impasto paint, gouges, intense color, and expressive brushwork all contribute to obscuring the specific features of my subject while revealing previously hidden emotional qualities.
For me, it is in these emotions where the truth lies.

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