Saturday, February 21, Jill Joy Gallery Presents "Emotion"

The Jill Joy Gallery presents “Emotion,” an exhibition of recent paintings by Jill Joy. This is the second exhibition to be held at the Jill Joy Gallery, (6124 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048) which opening in January 2016.

Jill Joy continues her exploration into spiritual healing and the evolution of consciousness with her solo exhibition “Emotion.” This series of large, impasto oil paintings addresses the temporal, personal, human struggle that includes loss, pain, joy, change, frustration, grief and aspiration. Joy explained that the work addresses the power of emotions to transform us when we open to them versus repressing them. “Emotion” is just one of a three part series…”Consciousness” and “Illumination” will follow featuring bold new bodies of work by the artist.

Joy’s inspiration for the painting, Summoning the Heart of Love was first activated by the book/film The Secret. Joy said she has always believed that our thoughts held great power…but she also believes that most of our thoughts are subconscious, beyond our awareness, and so we are often surprised when we get what comes to us. She had a trying moment with her on again off again boyfriend (who will always hold a special place for her in her heart). “It was a perfect sort of day at the beach, as it often was between us, but for the tension of unfulfilled love and attraction, which made it less than perfect. That day ended up sourcing an under painting.” She continued, “It seemed unfinished: raw somehow and one dimensional, or maybe idealized and thus untruthful. So I let it sit. After I saw the Life of Pi a few months later, I finished it the next day inspired by the scene when Pi, shipwrecked, just about gives up in the middle of the ocean, stranded for weeks, and about to be destroyed in a storm. He completely surrenders, embraces chaos, love, death and God. I realized the love I was looking for was not love with a small ‘l’ but Love with a capital ‘L.’ Unconditional. All encompassing. Uncontrollable. This is what I finally decided to do in the painting, and in life.”

Jill Joy was raised in Arizona, Molokai, Hawaii and Massachusetts under trying financial and emotional circumstances. The transcendence of these circumstances has fed her spiritual and artistic journey. She is self-taught with an intuitive process. She is drawn to spiritual art and chooses to create consciously. She currently works out of her gallery (Jill Joy Gallery) located at on Museum Row.

Don’t miss the opening reception for “Emotion” at the Jill Joy Gallery (6124 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 90048), on Saturday, February 20th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view through March 19th.  http://www.jilljoy.com/