For fifty years, Joy has been a professional artist in Nova Scotia. She has had provincial, national and international exhibitions. Joy is the recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pin. She has received the Woman of Excellence Award as well as the Cobequid Art's Council: Life Time Achievement Award.
Joy's gallery features watercolours, oils and acrylic paintings as well as handmade serigraph and archival reproductions. The gallery also has Joy's greeting cards, copies of her annual calendar and her books. The gallery is located at 6730 Hwy.2, Portapique and is open year round by chance or by appointment. Call 902 890 8730.
Latest collections
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Paintings
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Serigraphs
Painting
with Joy.
Learn how Joy Laking starts a watercolour, a quick drawing, a first layer on the sky and laying in the darks. (the traditional watercolour is laying in the lights).
Time lapse.
Time lapse shortfilm of Joy Laking painting at Shortt's Lake.