We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Joyce Lieberman. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Joyce below.
Hi Joyce, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?
I was inspired very early to dance and then to embrace gesture and color in paint.
There was never enough paper for me because my fluidity seemed to overflow.
My mother’s friend in Michigan was studying art and gave a class in our basement in oil on canvas with the still life.
I was three years old wandering around under the easels. The emphasis was on the Cezanne’s sculptural approach in paint to create a piece of fruit. I seemed to have grasped it from watching them.
Speaking of fluidity, the classes ended when some one flushed a rag down the toilet and the basement flooded.
Luckily for me, I had a friend in 7th grade that had already understood Picasso and we would draw together all the time, My work took on a more Matisse quality as opposed to her Picasso angular edges.
And then, in High School, we made murals. I went to art school, MFA in Austin, Texas and BFA in Ann Arbor, Michigan where I learned a lot f different approaches.
Meeting more artists and seeing their approaches to their work is a valuable way to stay inspired.,
It’s really fun to se see how different people approach their work, I love studio visits. It’s inspiring.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
Painting, Ceramics, Collage.
I have had a long relationship with all three starting at a very young age.
Throwing on the wheel did not come easily to me so I became more expressive with vessel making.
Painting large has related to dance and gestural movement which you can see in the selection of photos I have included.
Collage is a wonderful way to integrate disparate imagery.
Achieving a balance, and recycling parts are a large part of my artistic practice.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Looking back
1. Be inspired
2.Organize your time.
3.Do the work.
If you knew you only had a decade of life left, how would you spend that decade?
My challenge lately has been between creativity and presentation.
I have been painting, making collages and creating with clay and various three dimensional materials for a long time now.
I am enjoying reviewing and revising older pieces into a new version by placing them in context to different pieces.
In one of the photos I am including, there appears to be three panels. The juxtaposition near the third work really adds a zip to the look that impresses me. I am standing in front of a group of three.
Another of the images is a work on paper with three sections. Collage and collection are both at play here.
My process is a lot like when you buy a new shirt and bring it home and try to find the other clothes to go with it, It has a way of perking up the other clothes with the one new element. This is happening with viewing my work in connection to other pieces. The process is really interesting to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.joycelieberman.com
- Instagram: JoyceFest2015
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoyceLiebermanArtist
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@joycelieberman9487
Image Credits
Jimm Juback photographed me
Artwork photographs by myself, Joyce Lieberman
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