Now shipping to Australia, the UK, Canada, Europe, and parts of Asia!!
Capturing the beauty and dignity of traditional cultures around the world through my paintbrush.
2018 to present
Watercolors
2007-2017
Oil Paintings
2002-2006
Older Work
Welcome to my gallery
I have long had a love for traveling to far flung places, as well as a passion for painting traditional cultures around the world. I began by painting scenes I observed while living and traveling in Mexico and Latin America. Since 2007 I have been painting scenes from Asia, with a focus on the people of Northwest China. I am passionate about expressing the beauty and dignity of these places and people through my paintings.
As I have witnessed how quickly modernity is encroaching on and changing traditional cultures around the world, I feel a sense of urgency to document the people and elements that remain before their beauty is forgotten by the modern world. I am fascinated by the people, colors, patterns, textures and implements of daily life in cultures not my own.
Joy Bostwick
Enjoy the journey!