Artwork
When David is not working on his next piece of creative nonfiction or wading waist-deep in a stream casting flies to rising trout, he is usually hunched behind a canvas or vise working away on his other passions. Click on the images and titles for larger formats.
Paintings by David Joy
David recently finished work on a series of watercolor/ink studies. Below is the completed series. The first of these is a self portrait.
"What in Me is Dark Illumin" is an oil painting inspired by the opening words of John Milton's Paradise Lost in which he pleas for God to illuminate the creativity and knowledge within him as he begins his epic poem. David viewed this as a call for the muse within every artist. Giving human characteristics to the fish, David created the entire painting by using the bottom of a Sharpee marker rather than a paintbrush in order to create thickness and depth to the surface. The fish is a depiction of an anglerfish, known for its use of a bioluminescent lure to attract prey. It was meant to bring confidence to the writer in knowing that with patience everything is illuminated, the world makes sense, and the words will come.
Flies tied by David Joy
Not a moment passes where David's mind is not on fish and on creating new ways of catching them. With thoughts running rampant, he spends hours behind the vise creating depictions of forage items for fish. David attempts to bring new spins to classic patterns and venture deep into his own mind in order to bring new patterns to the water. Below are some of his creations.
