Joy Wolfenden-Brown

	Joy Wolfenden Brown 'Treasure'
	21 November to 24 December
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Joy Wolfenden-Brown was born in1961, and read fine art at the University of Leeds. She studied art therapy as a post-graduate at Hertfordshire College of Art & Design and spent ten years working with children and young people in the mental health field, before taking time out as the mother of two boys. Since resuming painting again twelve years ago she has had several sell-out solo exhibitions, as well as features in the Guardian, the Observer and the regional press in Devon and Cornwall. She won the Sherborne Open Prize in 2007 and was shortlisted for the 2009 Chichester painting prize. ‘Treasure’, is her third solo show at Beaux Arts Bath. Everyone has a different way or truth. No one sees or hears from the same perspective. My painting is simply my own truth. The ego is a burden and my studio allows me to shed boundaries and find my own small self. I often feel that I know nothing but as I paint I catch sight of moments or little glimpses of the elusive present and they can be plain or delicate as a moth but at times they can feel like small epiphanies. The process of painting can be like quietly listening and I have learnt that I will not always hear an opera or a symphony but that the sound or sight of a sparrow can alsopierce my soul with love, pain or joy and can be a tiny opening into heaven.. Joy Wolfenden Brown