About the artist:

Joyce Levine is known for her portraiture and loves to paint working in Pastel, Watercolor, Oils, Gouache and Collage. She is an ardent admirer of Sargent and Sorolla and worked to achieve the effects of sunlight and bright color in her paintings. Ms. Levine studied portraiture and landscape painting under the tutelage of Paul C. Burns of Ridgewood. She has won top awards at many art shows and was included in Who’s Who of American Women. Her Painting, “The Jester” is in the permanent Collection of the Bergen Museum of Art and Science.