Wallowa Lake 55×55

55 pieces of art by 55 years of age

A three-year journey exploring Wallowa Lake while exploring mediums, techniques and styles

Wallowa Lake 55×55 is the culmination of a three-year journey, by artist Joan Gilbert, exploring Wallowa Lake while experimenting with mediums, styles and techniques. Although the line between fine art and illustration is sometimes blurred, Joan, as a graphic designer and illustrator for 30 years, has been intrigued to be able to focus on art for art’s sake and not as a work assignment. But the question of what style or technique always stalled the process. Devoting three years to answer that question has resulted in a solo exhibit at the Josephy Center for Arts & Culture. With this exhibit Joan hopes to show the path, struggles, and successes of an artist—and to have found a style or two with which to move forward.

Joan Gilbert

In addition to a long career in graphic design, Gilbert has volunteered teaching art to kids in schools and camps throughout Eastern Oregon. She worked with the 2012 Enterprise Sixth Grade on a five-month animation project, which led to the six-minute animated short film Wallowa Lake – the REAL Story, and then three years later, to a children’s book of the same name. She has written and/or illustrated three other children’s books: ‘Twas the Night Before Round-Up (Author Nancy Atterbury, 2009), Little Prince Spaghetti (2011), and The Word Gobblers (Author Catherine Matthias, 2021).

In 2014, Gilbert expanded into exhibit design and created permanent exhibits for Josephy Center for Arts and Culture and designed a major portion of the exhibits for the newly-opened Wallowology! Natural History Discovery Center.

A catalog for the exhibit will be on sale at JCAC and other locations.

Click here to view the artwork for sale, and to purchase online!

https://www.joangilbertstudio.com/

Virtual Gallery

Joan Gilbert Summer Trees Pastel | $275 Joan Gilbert Wallowa Lake Monster Bronze | SOLD Joan Gilbert Tram at Sunset Ink Resist / Watercolor | $120 Joan Gilbert Fall at the North End Acrylic | $420 Joan Gilbert Joseph, Oregon Gouache | $420 Joan Gilbert Geometric Love Ink Resist / Watercolor | $90 Joan Gilbert Above & Beyond Acrylic | $160 Joan Gilbert Landlocked Paper Mosaic | SOLD Joan Gilbert Sweet Dreams Wood Carving | SOLD Joan Gilbert BC Falls Gouache | $140 Joan Gilbert Starry Night Oil / Cold Wax | $260 Joan Gilbert Impression Block Print | $200 Joan Gilbert Season's Greetings Gouache | $340 Joan Gilbert Snowy Horses Ink Resist / India Ink | $220 Joan Gilbert Old Chief
Joseph Memorial Pastel | $275 Joan Gilbert Winter Peace Acrylic | $110 Joan Gilbert February Pools Watercolor | $380 Joan Gilbert Soft Surroundings Needle Felting | $38 Joan Gilbert Summer Fun Gouache | $500 Joan Gilbert I Believe Acrylic | SOLD Joan Gilbert Fall Delta Acrylic Gouache | $120 Joan Gilbert Snow Birds Acrylic Gouache | $110 Joan Gilbert Thunder and Rain Mixed Media | $200 Joan Gilbert Winter's Blanket Photography | $240 Joan Gilbert Fireworks in Warm Pastel | SOLD Joan Gilbert Fireworks in Cool Pastel | $120 Joan Gilbert Otter Joy Watercolor Batik | SOLD Joan Gilbert Eagle Caps I Watercolor | $80 Joan Gilbert Eagle Caps II Watercolor | $80 Joan Gilbert Essence Paper Collage | $240 Joan Gilbert West Moraine Trail India Ink / Watercolor | $180 Joan Gilbert Dreams Liquid Acrylic | SOLD Joan Gilbert Spring Sweep Oil / Cold Wax | $260 Joan Gilbert Arch & Arc Acrylic Gouache | $340 Joan Gilbert Bounty Leather / Beads | $90 Joan Gilbert Gentle Giant Needle Felting | $240 Joan Gilbert The Return Gouache | SOLD Joan Gilbert Fall to Winter Pastel | $260 Joan Gilbert Reflection Stencil / Acrylic | $140 Joan Gilbert Arrowleaf Balsamroot Stencil / Acrylic | SOLD Joan Gilbert Spring Frenzy India Ink | $340 Joan Gilbert Dam in Violet Acrylic Glaze | $220 Joan Gilbert Home Oil | $120 Joan Gilbert Wallowa Lake Dam Oil | $550 Joan Gilbert Wallowa Lake Lodge Digital | SOLD Joan Gilbert Copper Tops Encaustic | $60 Joan Gilbert Castilleja Acrylic Glaze | SOLD Joan Gilbert Morning Hike Photography | $420 Joan Gilbert It Will Have to Wait Encuastic | $60 Joan Gilbert Ice Break Acrylic | $420 Joan Gilbert Marina Sunrise Oil | $1,000 Joan Gilbert Heart Rock Beach Acrylic / Gold Leaf | $460 Joan Gilbert Where's Wally
Game Board Paper Mache / Mixed Media | NFS Joan Gilbert Moraine Scramble Acrylic / India Ink | $160 Joan Gilbert Baby Wally Acrylic | $90