Joan Desmond
@chroma2.bsky.social
artist, poet. Creative acts are a counterbalance to the human destructive forces in this world.
"Luscious" 20"x 16" acrylic on canvas. It's pear season!
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Luscious" 20"x 16" acrylic on canvas. It's pear season!
Even though I'm well aware that I've lost the kitchen counter battle with the cats, Rosie feels the need to remind me daily. Here she is resting on the potholders.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Even though I'm well aware that I've lost the kitchen counter battle with the cats, Rosie feels the need to remind me daily. Here she is resting on the potholders.
I’ve seen signs for some time: a urine marking high on a bird feeder post; a paw print next to the water basin; scrape marks next to scat; fewer ground squirrels; and the daily irritated calls of the raven pair. Finally saw him yesterday, an adult bobcat. Older drawing" Wildcat". pencil on paper.
September 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’ve seen signs for some time: a urine marking high on a bird feeder post; a paw print next to the water basin; scrape marks next to scat; fewer ground squirrels; and the daily irritated calls of the raven pair. Finally saw him yesterday, an adult bobcat. Older drawing" Wildcat". pencil on paper.
Transformation Mask. This is one of my earlier mixed-media drawings.
My life-long interest in masks concerns the human tendency to don personality masks to hide true feelings, or negative aspects of self. There is always a hint of the hidden, no matter how benign the mask expression.
My life-long interest in masks concerns the human tendency to don personality masks to hide true feelings, or negative aspects of self. There is always a hint of the hidden, no matter how benign the mask expression.
September 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Transformation Mask. This is one of my earlier mixed-media drawings.
My life-long interest in masks concerns the human tendency to don personality masks to hide true feelings, or negative aspects of self. There is always a hint of the hidden, no matter how benign the mask expression.
My life-long interest in masks concerns the human tendency to don personality masks to hide true feelings, or negative aspects of self. There is always a hint of the hidden, no matter how benign the mask expression.
"Looking Up" colored pencil on paper.
September 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Looking Up" colored pencil on paper.
"It's About Balance" charcoal+
August 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"It's About Balance" charcoal+
"Day of the Eagle" 38"x 50". oil on canvas.
July 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Day of the Eagle" 38"x 50". oil on canvas.
Wildflower walk-Lupine, colored pencil on paper
May 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wildflower walk-Lupine, colored pencil on paper
Highway14 Twilight Desert Mysteries, acrylic on canvas
April 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Highway14 Twilight Desert Mysteries, acrylic on canvas
"Big Water on The Kern", acrylic on canvas.
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"Big Water on The Kern", acrylic on canvas.
An older acrylic painting of mine. "Spring Jig", because it is snowing here today, in California.
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
An older acrylic painting of mine. "Spring Jig", because it is snowing here today, in California.
"Because men have a history, it is difficult for them to imagine what it is like to grow up without one" -Judy Chicago
US artist "The Dinner Party"
#InternationalWomensDay
US artist "The Dinner Party"
#InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Because men have a history, it is difficult for them to imagine what it is like to grow up without one" -Judy Chicago
US artist "The Dinner Party"
#InternationalWomensDay
US artist "The Dinner Party"
#InternationalWomensDay
If you have read Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" you know what a crazymaker is. We are now living under a "Crazy-Maker in-Chief".
March 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you have read Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" you know what a crazymaker is. We are now living under a "Crazy-Maker in-Chief".
©Joan Desmond, pages from my art journal 2025. Mixed Media on paper, 12″x 9″
February 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
©Joan Desmond, pages from my art journal 2025. Mixed Media on paper, 12″x 9″
Small collage with one of my scanned & printed drawings. 2008
February 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Small collage with one of my scanned & printed drawings. 2008
Mr. Belly is a belly-rub loving chill cat, likely because he doesn't follow politics.
February 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Mr. Belly is a belly-rub loving chill cat, likely because he doesn't follow politics.
My Mom lived in the Netherlands during the time of Ann Frank, the time of Hitler, occupation, hate, genocide, and persecution. None of that went away, it just festered underground, and now it has been given breath again. This was published in the Spring/Summer 2000 edition of The Black Bear Review.
January 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My Mom lived in the Netherlands during the time of Ann Frank, the time of Hitler, occupation, hate, genocide, and persecution. None of that went away, it just festered underground, and now it has been given breath again. This was published in the Spring/Summer 2000 edition of The Black Bear Review.
"Memories In the Mist" mixed media collage on canvas, 30”x 24”.
"Memories In the Mist" mixed media collage on canvas, 30”x 24”.
January 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Memories In the Mist" mixed media collage on canvas, 30”x 24”.
"Memories In the Mist" mixed media collage on canvas, 30”x 24”.
Drawing, watercolor, & poem collage.
January 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Drawing, watercolor, & poem collage.
"Prevail" -charcoal on paper
December 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM
"Prevail" -charcoal on paper
"Monoliths", mixed-media collage
November 30, 2024 at 3:38 AM
"Monoliths", mixed-media collage