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Blue and pink with a funny face

Blue and pink with a funny face

Joy MacFadyen created a large number of “assemblages” over her lifetime. From puppets to table centrepieces nothing escaped her inventive gaze. The practice seems a little bit ‘picassoish’ in a way because she made on each occasion ‘something out of nothing. And actually much of the works are meaningless except

National Ballet workshop

National Ballet workshop

“I went through a mask-making phase and this one was mounted on a pressed pulp packing piece that held something or other (can’t remember what) which I painted and hung on the wall. I don’t have it anymore so I must have sold it or given it

First cat portrait? -

First cat portrait? -

It seems that this is one of the earliest, if not the first, cat portrait. Although the name MacFadyen can be seen signed on many works there is very little in the way of dates on Joy’s paintings. My own estimation is that this piece was painted in the

Fat Emma and Cory -

Fat Emma and Cory -

“These are the two naughty cats that get me up at 5 a.m. every day in order to have their breakfast.”

Feral cat care -

Feral cat care -

“This cat belongs to my niece, Ray, who lives in South Africa. Ray is one of those caring people who always responds to a need and, in this case, she mobilized a team of like-minded friends to help save, neuter and find homes for hundreds of feral cats in

Geese -

Geese -

“During one of my trips to South Africa we visited some family friends on the south coast where I snapped a shot of these geese walking by their kitchen window. To see this painting always takes me back in time.”

Catscan -

Catscan -

“This is Cory – the bane of Emma’s life. She is very jealous of him. I put the portrait of Cory into a show with the caption CATSCAN and suggested that viewers could stare into his eyes for 5 seconds and then get the results of their scan out of

A memorial Dog Portrait -

A memorial Dog Portrait -

Lynne Atkinson had worked with Joy back in the days of Arts Scarborough, and this is a memorial portrait of her dog. The dog looks majestic in its pose and brushstrokers are contoured enough to help define the form