Artist Reception

Artist Reception Saturday, July 11th 3-5pm
Artist Talk: 4pm

Show dates July 11th – August 22nd
Open Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm
4303 McCullough Ave. SATX 78212

“My paintings are inspired by observing and celebrating the gifts of our seasons. I focus on how our native flora and fauna changes as our environment changes.

My goal for my acrylic work is to capture the observer’s curiosity. I hope they will take time, get close, see the details and abundance our native biodiversity offers in one space. I want to heighten awareness of the multiple layers of life earth provides. Life in all of its forms should be respected and understood. I think it’s respectful to recognize and learned the names and the symbiotic relationship we share with our flora and fauna. Nature offers us peace, serenity, excitement and awe.

I want everyone to know the thrill of identifying unseen birds by their songs or the sounds of their wings flying. We need to insure native wildlife’s survival by saving and restoring native habitats. Our very ability to breathe and grow food depends on it.” Joy Fisher Hein

“To Every Thing There is a Season” Joy Fisher Hein

Joy is a painter, illustrator, jewelry designer/creator, and organic gardener.

Growing up nearsighted and dyslexic, made reading and school difficult for Joy. Books with illustrations helped her understand part of the information and education she was missing in her classrooms. Her relationship with illustrated books influenced her desire to illustrate for others.

Her childhood dream manifested. Joy illustrated music books, poetry posters, math problems, maps, American history, folktales from around the world and her favorite, nature and environmental biodiversity.

HarperCollins, the second largest English language publisher in the world, contacted Joy to illustrate a book about our former First Lady, Mrs. Johnson, a fellow native Texan.

While going through the “hurry up and wait” of publishing, Joy became a Texas Master Naturalist, which lead to The City of San Antonio Parks, inviting her to design and illustrate the history of Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park, 13 outdoor panels.

Joy’s first of 13 paintings, Native Plants, was created from research collected by city botanists. Her work met the approval of a large group of city officials, many visiting her studio. It was time for her to return to the final edited story of Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers; How a First Lady Changed America, written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by Joy Fisher Hein. More books, art presentations, reading projects, park projects, library murals and art recognitions followed.

“Night Migration” Joy Fisher Hein

Joy now focuses on painting her environment with its unique biodiversity, commissions and family portraits.
She and her husband, artist, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, Frank Hein, live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.