Joye DeGoede has been an artist her entire life. Her work ranges from realism to abstract. She works in pencil, oil, pen and ink. Joye’s work of note includes Governor Brewer’s portrait which now hangs in the Arizona Capitol. Joye also won the National Capitol Tree People’s Choice Award, the painting is part of the permanent collection of the Arizona Governor’s Office.
Joye has won numerous awards, been a featured artist and juried into multiple shows. Including the AAPL Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC; the Arizona House of Representative’s “Visions of Arizona Exhibition” and the Audubon Artists Incorporated Annual Exhibit.
She has studied at the Scottsdale Artist’s School, Scottsdale, Arizona and was juried into the 2012, 2009 and 2006 “Best and Brightest Art Shows. The Scottsdale Artist’s School awarded Joye several scholarships to attend week long workshops by several renowned artists over the last few years.
Joye is a juried member of the Arizona Art Alliance and the Sonoran Arts League. She participated in the juried Hidden in the Hills shows in 2005 and 2007. She has also participated in numerous juried art shows through the Arizona Art Alliance.
Her work has been featured in a one woman show at the Southwestern Galleria in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her paintings hang in many private collections in the United States. She has created custom art, note cards and stationery for major hotels and resorts.
In her youth she trained under Carol Harding, Pleasant Grove, Utah from 1973 - 1980. She studied at Utah College, Provo, Utah from 1979 to 1980, graduating with an Associate of Applied Science in Graphic and Commercial Art. In 1982 Joye graduated from Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Medical Illustration. She is certified by the Arizona Department of Education to teach art in elementary and secondary schools. Joye has devoted almost the last two decades teaching art in both private and public schools in the Phoenix area while continuing to pursue her love for art in a variety of media.
Joye says of her work, “As long as I can remember I have had a need to translate my thoughts into art. Art and emotions are synonymous. I would like my work to cause the viewer to slow down for a time; to see the curiosity in a child’s eyes, the wisdom in an older face, the power of beast and nature…”