Joy Baer is a fresco artist and teacher . Her goal is to bring back the power of storytelling frescoes in homes, businesses and public spaces. She paints frescoes in themes of virtues, family and great food. Joy Baer was inspired by the spiritual storytelling frescoes of Pompeii, in Italy, where she teaches fresco workshops. She strives for romanita, which is an Italian concept of time that is not measured by clocks or calendars, but through eternity. Joy Baer strives for this connection in each of her frescoes
Joy Baer is a Design graduate of the University of Kansas . Her inspiring frescoes can be found worldwide in corporate collections, museums, public spaces, churches, hospitals and private collections.
Following the historical frescoes found in cultures around the world, she creates the fresco process on:
- plaster,
- rocks,
- marble dust,
- marble slabs,
- ceramics,
- cement, and
- cave walls.
Joy Baer uses the ancient method of painting with fresh earth minerals , fresh water and fresh plaster . All this freshness creates carbonization, a chemical bond that can endure for centuries. Joy Baer is passionate about frescoes as a lost language of symbolism and as a timeless form of communication.
Few names of the famous paintings of Joy Baer are mention below :
- Symphony
- Abstract Garden
- Music II
- Three Sisters
- San Marcos
- Downtown, Dawn
- Eight Poppies
- Five Trees and
- Music III
All of these frescoes have been done on canvases. Here we can mention some other famous art works of Joy Baer on plaster. Such as,
- Huge Red Poppies
- Sunflowers
- Making Water into Wine
- Visions and many more
Joy Baer has taught festive fresco lectures and workshops worldwide. The presentations that she provides are light-hearted, humorous and appeal to all ages. Fresco lectures and workshops by Joy Baer have already been taught in universities, grade schools, high schools, corporations, diverse small groups, churches and handicapped groups.
To find more information on Joy Baer visit our site Ethnic Paintings .
