Welcome to www.gwenjoy.com

I am an artist who specializes in colorful folk art paintings. The paintings are primitive in style, raw emotionally, and mature in nature.  

 I paint animals, celebrities, made up fantasy creatures, and spirited women. Often the made up creatures are half human and half animal. The spirited women are usually fashionable, full of emotion and moxie.

Studios of Cocoa Beach 

Cocoa Beach Florida 

September 30 to November 2 2025

Small Works / Group Show

Studios of Cocoa Beach 

Cocoa Beach Florida 

August 5 to August 30 2025

In the Heat of the Summer / Group Show 

The Werk Gallery

Saint Petersburg Florida

October 6 to November 26 2023

Surrealist themed group show 

Memento Mori Gallery 

Lakewood Colorado- March 3 to March 27 2023

Tarot themed art exhibit

The Evergreen Center for the Arts - Group show

Evergreen Colorado - 4/2022 to May 2022

Group Exhibition 

Mercedes Research Center Art Display

5/2020 to 5/2021 - Detroit Michigan

Group Exhibit 

YMCA Exhibit  

11/2/2020 to 12/31/2020 - Detroit Michigan

Solo Show

Edo Ramen "Garden of Art" August 16 2020 - Royal Oak, Michigan - Group Show 

The Art of Custom Framing - "Postcards for Patricia"

 February 6 to March 1 2020- Troy Michigan

Group Show 

Mercedes Research Center Art Display

4/2019 to 4/2020 - Detroit Michigan

Group Exhibition 

"Wild" Group Exhibit

 Curated by Scott Hocking May 24 to July 6 2019

 Scarab Club - Detroit, MI - Group Show 

Cafe 1923 - Hamtramck, MI  April 19 to May 26th 2019 - Solo show

Spread Art - Detroit MI 

"Erotocrat Seminar of 2019" - April 13th 2019 

Group show

Oloman Cafe  Hamtramck, MI -Sept 22 - October 12th 2018 - three woman art show with Lisa Goedert and Mary Cotter 

Office Space Gallery - Detroit Michigan - September  2017 - Group Show 

Lawrence Street Gallery- Birds of a Feather -May 2016 Group Show - Ferndale MI

YMCA Boll Family - October 2015
Solo Show- Detroit MI

Grey Area- December 2012
Manhattan New York City New York - Group Holiday Show

Whitdel Art Gallery- Detroit -Love Letters; A Typographic Affair- November 11 to December 30 2011 - Group Exhibition 

Madonna University Gallery - January 10 to February 20 2011
Livonia, MI - Creature Group Art Show

Gallery Project - June 18 - July 15 2010- Animal Farm theme group art show - Ann Arbor, MI 

The Ronald McDonald House December Art Show - Dec 1 2009- Jan 2 2010 - Detroit, MI - Group Exhibition 

Cityfest Art Gallery - July 1 - July 5 2009
Detroit, MI - I curated and exhibited in a Group Show called "Detroit Id"

Majestic Cafe - April 2 2009 - May 2009
Detroit, MI - two person show with Jason Smith

Izzy's Raw Art Gallery 
January 31 2009- March 2009; Detroit, Michigan - Group Show 

River's Edge Gallery - December 2008- February 2008

Wyandotte, MI - Noire Et Blanc group exhibition 

Cityfest Gallery - Gwen's Urban Playhouse - July 2008
Detroit, MI - Group Exhibition Curated by me

The CityFest Gallery - July 2007
Detroit, MI - City celebrated festival curated art show

Zeitgeist Gallery - March 2007
Detroit, MI - Group showing of folk artists

The Tangent Gallery - February 2007
Detroit, MI - Erotic group art show

The Bankle Building - August 2006
Detroit MI - Solo show

Izzy’s Raw Art Gallery - December 2004
Detroit, MI -Group Show of women artists

Pure Design Lab - Sept. 2004-Sept 2007
Detroit, MI - Store that showcased independent Detroit designers.

Ford World Headquarters - August 2003
Dearborn, MI - Solo exhibition

Tastefest Gallery - August 2004
Detroit, MI - Group show associated with Detroit’s renowned music and food fair

The Padded Cell - August 2003
Royal Oak, MI - Solo exhibition

Detroit International Institute Cafe - July 2003
Detroit, MI - Solo exhibition

Museum of New Art - February 2003
Detroit, MI - Part of The Dirty Show group exhibit

Detroit Contemporary Gallery - Sept. 2000
Detroit, MI - Group Exhibition

David Broderick Building - November 1998
Detroit, MI - Group show