Storefronts Seattle Presents:
Joy Hagen, Variation on a Theme

BIO
Kirkland artist, Joy Hagen, grew up in Seattle, Washington.  With a forester for a father and an art teacher for a mother, Hagen's childhood was a rich and exciting environment that also offered the opportunity to live in the Philippines and Panama.  Added to that were endless summers camping in the woods and exploring old logging roads. It was inevitable that her natural surroundings would ultimately become the path to her creativity. 

A forest of significant trees in her own back yard and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest provide the inspiration while encaustic medium provides the means for translating Hagen's environmental visions, usually with a reference to trees.. She creates landscapes of many paths from which to explore, much like a walk in the woods. Her works are often assembled and constructed landscapes utilizing specialty HDO wood scraps destined for the chipper.