Peacetown Artist(s) of the Week
Joy Dellas ~ June
I practice an intuitive, mixed-media dialogue between the physical act of painting and the subconscious. I work with a "maximalist" toolkit—blending acrylics, oils, and pastels with the gritty, tactile energy of house paint, ink, and collage. This allows me to build surfaces that feel lived-in and layered with history.
My work shifts between two distinct but connected modes: raw, gestural abstraction and a figurative style. My abstract pieces follow a rhythmic process of mark-making—scribbles and loops that act as a personal shorthand for an internal landscape. In my figurative work, subjects like dogs and cats emerge from the chaos, serving as playful anchors within the layers of color.
Barbara Goodman ~ June 3
I am a book maker, a collage artist and a photographer. I also enjoy working with watercolors and acrylics.
I am a self-taught artist —curiousity, creativity and resourceful ness takes over by nature. These instincts show up in all parts of my life-not just in my studio. Working with many mediums, my practice resists categories because I do.
At the heart is paper.I may begin with paint, but I aways end up working with hand painted papers— made on a jelly plate and other experimental methods, unpredictable and alive. I don’t paint on paper so much as I paint with it. I make art because I can’t help myself. I work with what I have—repurposing, layering, finding potential in what others might overlook. This is not just a creative choice, but a conscious one: a way of honoring the Earth and treading lightly on it.