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Joanna Signer is a Bay Area artist, teacher, and metaphysician. As a second generation San Franciscan, she grew up in an art word best known as Bay Area Figurative Art. She attended the University of California at Berkeley where she received her MA in 1980 and MFA in 1982. Joan Brown, Elmer Bishoff, and Bob Colescott were among her most important mentors. Her interest in Jungian Psychology and Metaphysics led her to a post graduate degree in Clinical Hypnotherapy.

 

 

“My paintings are a visual autobiography, vivid colored canvases filled with images of family, friends, animals, Goddesses, and more. Each series reflects one woman’s journey. I am passionately romantic and love a good mystery. My use of color is intentionally evocative. My concerns are about emotion and sensuality. I want you to feel, see, hear, and smell the experience. As a narrative painter, I use storytelling and literary references to travel through time and beyond, expressing both my inner and outer realities.”