"In fact, implied continuation of a field is a constant in Walker's
oeuvre, along with an emotive display of color held in check by
powerfully graphic shapes, whether geometric or organic." Janet
Koplos, Art in America, September 1995.
..."Smart, funny delicate, odd. These moderate-sized, incisive
paintings balance irony and passion in a kind of post-abstraction
abstract painting." George Woodman, catalog essay, March 1995
"My paintings bring past artistic decisions into the present, using
experience, choice and memory. The interplay of scale changes, image
disjunctions, color emphasis and variations in focus and paint
handling, activates these works as a contemporary pathway back and
forth in time." Joy Walker 2004
Earlier in my career, I was involved in random chance, materials,
decoration, and repetition, as ways of presenting my COLOR ideas. Life
elements now seem to be creeping into my abstraction. Drawing and
painting blend together, producing a linear and colorful exuberance.
Joy Walker 2006
