Joyce Martin

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I’ll have my cake and eat it too! Happy Harvest weekend to everyone

Happy Weekend to All

Joyce Martin is having a show and sale of her Intaglio Prints at the Harvest Gallery in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Please feel free to drop in and enjoy the land and sea scapes that caught her eye over the course of a 30 year career.

Happy Mother’s Day weekend In 1903 the St. John Evangelist Anglican Church was built on Bells Island, Nova Scotia. This island is part of a series of the LaHave Islands just off the shores of Lunenburg. This beautiful gothic style church as an entrance facing the ocean and still stands to this day. Joyce depicts it here in great detail for your enjoyment. HONOURING THE FISHERS, Bells Island, N.S. Etching and Aquatint Edition of 200... 5.75 x 14 2002 Every summer the congregation of Saint John’s Anglican Church on Bells Island honour the fishers who have been lost at sea. In the 1930s the loss of the Sylvia Mosher in a gale was very hard on the community. The service is in the church and the wreath is thrown from the small traditional fisherman’s home, wharf and fish store below. Joyce Martin See more

Happy Easter Weekend Thought I would share this image as we all say goodbye to the snow and welcome the warm spring weather. MOONLIT RAVINE, Woodville, NS Etching and Aquatint Edition of 150... 6.5 x 8.75 1994 The North Mountain is located along the Bay of Fundy coast of Nova Scotia. The ancient glacial ravines of what was once part of the Appalachian Mountain range produce some of the richest farm land east of Ontario. This ravine in particular is the Ryan Brook ravine that is located near Kinsmans Corner in Woodville, during a winter’s night. See more

Boat Builder Soft Ground Etching with Aquatint Edition of 200 5.25 x 10.75 2001... In the spring of 2000 I met a fellow that was completing his peapod boat at the Carpenter’s Boat Shop near Round Pond Harbour, Maine. Joyce Martin Very often Mom and Dad had delivered their intaglio prints and oil paintings to different art galleries and shops along the Eastern seaboard of the Atlantic. Making stops in New Brunswick, Maine, and Massachusetts; this gave them the chance to receive feedback from gallery owners on their latest works, each spring or fall. Frequent stops at different attractions in the area, like the Carpenter’s Boat Shop, were usually recommended by friends living local to that area. This was also a time to break free of the studio and gallery they shared in Halls Harbour. Saving money on shipping the product meant money for art supplies like sheets of copper or archival Arches rag paper. - Trisha Neville

Joyce in her studio working hard with the assistance of her beloved granddaughter Circa 1999

The work of Joyce Martin is available in the beautiful town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia for those of you in the Annapolis Valley area.

Joyce Martin's work is available at the Secord Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

‘Before the Storm' limited edition print had a few stages before it was a finished product. The series of images below show the dedication and work that Joyce put into each image she created.