Joellyn duesberry biography of william hill

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." ^{Curriculum Vitae – The Joellyn T. Duesberry Collection.}