Caryl Joy Young, Hot Springs Village
Arkansas native Caryl Joy Young has pursued her interest in art all of her adult life. In her travels to 45 countries, she has had the opportunity to visit the great art museums of the world, as well as to experience a variety of cultures firsthand. Many of her art pieces capture special moments from these travels. Before retiring from her 30-year teaching career in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Caryl Joy studied art with Barry Thomas, Carole Katchen, Rosalie Bushnok, and Kathy Strause. Works from this early period are in private collections in Arkansas.
Since moving to Hot Springs Village with her husband Terry, Caryl Joy has been able to immerse herself in art. These past three years she has taken courses from Ovita Goolsby and Thad Flenniken at the National Park Community College in Hot Springs; traveled to Júzcar, Spain, to study with pastel artist Maggie Price for two weeks of plein air painting; and taken workshops from other nationally recognized artists Albert Handell, Mike Mahon, Joe Fettigingis, Robert Moore, and Richard Stephens.
Caryl Joy is a member of Hot Springs Village Brush Strokes, The Fine Art Center of Hot Springs, the Arkansas Pastel Society, and the Artists Workshop Gallery, 810 Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs where she exhibits her work. Her paintings may also be seen at the Brickhouse Grill on Central Avenue, the Ponce de Leon Center in Hot Springs Village. and the Community Gallery in Little Rock where her pastel painting Ice Poppies was recently juried into the Second Annual National Pastel Exhibition. She also won a first place in oil at last year's annual Brush Strokes show at the Garland County Library. This November she and three other artist friends co-authored and published The Monday Studio, a 150-page, full color art book containing 32 paintings by each artist with anecdotal and whimsical descriptions of each work and hosted a book-signing party at the Mountain Valley Spring Company in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
Caryl Joy Young counts it a privilege to have the time and opportunity to express the thoughts and dreams of a lifetime in her art.
