Joyce Schaunaman’s use of brushwork techniques and traditions are evident as one can recognize Impressionist influences. Utilizing varied complementary colors and natural tones, she uses color and line to define the subject and space. Her work is expressive with many brush strokes. “I paint watercolors by layering transparent colors on Arches watercolor paper. I paint landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, portraits, and animals. My landscapes and seascapes include beaches, river valleys, mountain ridges, trees, clouds, and neighborhood streets. I appreciate the artwork of many artists such as Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, and Maurice Prendergast.”
Joyce’s watercolor portrait of a local artist was selected for the 2025 Schaefer Portrait Challenge juried exhibition. In 1989, Joyce’s painting “Lahaina Harbor” won the first annual Lahaina Town Action Committee Poster Contest. Acceptance in many Art Maui juried exhibitions demonstrates her enduring artistic commitment. As a plein air painter she typically paints scenes in Maui’s bright morning light.
Joyce earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and a Master of Education degree from the University of Hawaii. Joyce has shared her enthusiasm for the arts by teaching children in the neighborhoods and schools. Her educational pursuits led Joyce to teach art and social studies to middle school students and using art making to promote learning.
Joyce designed and painted murals depicting kalo workers in the kalo patches on the inside walls of the historic building at Iao school with student and staff participation. She wrote grants for art exhibitions and outreach art education programs in Maui county for children with the Lahaina Arts Society. At Alu Like, Inc. Joyce wrote a grant for Pualani Kanaka’ole to research and record Maui chants for statewide library distribution. She also wrote a policies and procedural manual for the Maui County youth centers to use.
