About the Artist

 

 

DAVID JOYNER BIOGRAPHY

David’s memories of childhood consisted of exploring the woods behind a single wide mobile home, where his Mother raised him by herself. Sneaking up on frogs and talking to dragonflies were how he spent his days. There was the occasional armadillo scurrying across the prairie or mama deer with fawn foraging for acorns on the Florida sand. This inability to sit still and a love for animals is what began his journey through art. 

He was an awkward boy with illegible handwriting. This was a constant source of embarrassment. Ironically, the worse his penmanship became his drawings improved. An easel was his safe zone. All of his adventures into the wild enabled him to create animals onto a sketchpad with the same confidence his classmates would write the alphabet in a manner the teacher could decipher.

Eventually he taught himself to paint. Every artistic mistake was a lesson. An eraser became a friend. David says that success by falling forward are always the best teachers. 

He still gets nervous staring at a blank canvas before a paint brush even touches it. This is also the most exciting, though because anything is possible in this world. His single mother demonstrated this daily. He continued to learn through stray pencil marks, hand cramps, and spilled paint. He is still amazed at a white canvas. 

After serving 4 years as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy, David settled in the town he lived as a boy, Okeechobee, Florida with his wife Sally, son Bradley,daughter Olivia, 2 dogs, 5 cats and numerous bugs who still like to say hi from time to time. 

He owes all of this to a mother that told an 8 year old boy I believe you can draw and a wife who still believes he can.

"David creates amazing artwork with a unique perspective and not to mention detailed strokes. I just had to purchase one of his artworks as a pillow! It will be a nice addition to the dark brown leather couch... not to mention brighten the room. Thank you for sharing your God given gift of art."

Julia Theriault

"I am blown away by the textures and vivid colors ... life should imitate art if it’s painted by David!"

Dee Shannon

"Your paintings are amazing Dave. I can actually say, "I knew him back when..." and really mean it. I also enjoy reading what's actually going through your mind while in the process of a painting. Good insight, humble, and highly motivated!"

Harvey Badilla Beloro Elgar