Joellyn duesberry biography
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Joellyn duesberry biography
Joellyn Duesberry
American landscape painter
Joellyn Toler Duesberry[1] (June 30, 1944 – August 5, 2016)[2] was a landscape artist who worked in oils.
She said that her paintings echo the work of John Marin and Milton Avery.[3] Of her art, Duesberry said, "I am not interested in a realist painting, I am not interested in an abstract painting. I am interested in the tension."[4]
Early life and education
Joellyn Toler Duesberry was born on June 30, 1944, in Richmond, Virginia.[5] Growing up in rural Virginia instilled in her a love for the land.
She said, "All my life I think I've unconsciously tried to re-create the place where bliss or terror first came to me. Both emotions seemed so strong that I had to locate them outside of myself, in the land. This goes back to a childhood habit--of living in rural Virginia and seeking woods and creeks and lakes for solitary refuge; places where I could sketch and paint."[1