> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Celebration of Joy: An Exhibition Honouring Joy MacFadyen - URL: https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/exhibitions/celebration-of-joy/celebration-of-joy-an-exhibition-honouring-joy-macfadyen/ - Published: 2025-08-01T13:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-20T00:56:25.000Z - Author: GalleryX Staff - Tags: Celebration of Joy, Joy MacFadyen, Exhibitions, #carousel, #exhibition-page [Joy MacFadyen](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/exhibitions/joy-macfadyen/joy-macfadyen/) is a name exactly synonymous with development of The Arts in Scarborough. The Existential Art Gallery of Scarborough is most proud to bring this memorial celebration of Joy’s life and artwork to our virtual gallery, a place where Joy and her artwork can be celebrated in perpetuity. The sincerity of presentation in the very many portraits Joy rendered give her a permanent and positive place in the history of Scarborough. Joy was literally a very joyful person full of smiles and instant wit, bringing good humour and generosity to every social occasion. It is Joy’s total commitment to The Arts that has kept cultural matters moving ahead in Scarborough for the last five decades, supporting the arts councils, leading The Art Guild, winning awards, and talking positively to politicians. And so it is that we bring you this fine exhibition of her paintings. We think Joy would have modestly cast herself as a ‘portrait artist’ but there is no doubt from the record that she was also involved in all kinds of decorative work and cultural presentations of amateur dancing and music, not to mention her constant interest in the welfare of animals and birds. Joy was also and excellent storyteller and writer and we have included many of these writings to accompany, or comment upon, the pieces exhibited. As many would know, Joy was a Facebook user and we have gleaned much of what we have found from that source of her expression, and there are many friends who have also made their personal contributions. One of Joy’s lasting wishes was that we would eventually have a substantial public gallery where artists like herself could exhibit their work and enjoy the work of the many other artists living and working in Scarborough. We look forward to you enjoying this fine exhibition “Celebration of Joy”. There are many photographs in this exhibition and it should be noted that close to all of them were recorded by Joy on her Facebook page. They were accompanied by equally interesting writings which we have used liberally in the comments of this exhibition. ### Portraits ![Joy with hat and red hair](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/1-Joy-with-hat-and-red-hair-1.jpg) An undated self portrait of Joy with red hair (...) is characteristic of many of Joy's portraits... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/joy-with-hat/) ![Self Portrais](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/002_JMF-Self-Portrais-20-X-16-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) ... it is fun to note Joy's good humour in having her age features unchanged ... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/joy-self-portrait/) ![S mum and Dad](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/003_JMF_s-mum-and-Dad-1.jpg) While preparing for her newspaper interview, Joy posed on the front steps with a portrait of her mom and dad. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/joy-mum-dad/) ![Don MacFadyen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/005_JMF-Don-MacFadyen-22-X-22-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) Don proudly presented in his military togs, with his characteristic jaunty smile of congeniality. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/don-macfadyen/) ![Don s Father Pap Aikins](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/006_JMF-Don_s-Father-Pap-Aikins-1.jpg) Don's father affectionately known in the family as "Pap-boy". His portrait places him at the island cottage on Eel's Lake; [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/dons-father/) ![Self Portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/007_JMF-Self-Portrait-14-X-11-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) (...) painted "Just for the hell of it". An outstanding piece for only that reason to do it ... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/jmf-self-portrait-3/) ![Ray](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/013_JMF_-Ray-24-X-36-inches-oil-on-board-2000-1.jpg) Ray, one of Joy's two nieces [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/ray/) ![Genevieve oil on canvas](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/014_JMF_-Genevieve-oil-on-canvas-16-X-20-inches-1997-1.jpg) ... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/genevieve/) ![Don MacFadyen oil on canvas](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/015_JMF_Don-MacFadyen-oil-on-canvas-16-X-20-inches1989-1.jpg) Joy painted her husband Don a few times, (...) This one painted when he was 70; [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/don-macfadyen-2/) ![Eddie and the Seagul](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/016_JMF_Eddie-and-the-Seagul-24-X-36-inchesoil-on-canvas-1.jpg) Eddy, Joy's brother, in one of their visits to the seaside; [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/eddie-and-seagul/) ![Genevieve oil on canvas](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/017_JMF-Genevieve-oil-on-canvas-16-X-20-inches-1.jpg) Genevieve, a big part of Joy's whole life, her stepdaughter (...) [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/genevieve-2/) ![Eddie](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/019_JMF-Eddie-12-X-12-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) Eddie, Joy's brother [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/eddie/) ![A dear friend Ken Noble](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/27-A-dear-friend-Ken-Noble-2.jpg) Husband of Joy's friend Tina [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/dear-friend-ken-noble/) ![Karin Eaton large file](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/21-Karin-Eaton-large-file-1.jpg) a fellow South African [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/karin-eaton-with-bluffs-in-the-background/) ![Bill James](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/24-Bill-James-1.jpg) Husband of June, and a supportive bridge player, and, of course, a supporter of The Arts [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/bill-james-a-bridge-playing-husband-of-great-support/) ![Portrait by Joy MacFadyen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/25--1.jpg) A determined supporter of Arts Scarborough during its festival set back...... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/june-james-and-arts-council-stalwart/) ![Doris McCarthy portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/29-Doris-McCarthy-portrait-1.jpg) The renowned artist Doris McCarthy [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/the-renowned-artist-doris-mccarthy/) ![Babs Curries grandson there were three portraits](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/33-Babs-Curries-grandson-there-were-three-portraits-1.jpg) stay in the family for centuries [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/handsome-grandson/) ![Dons sister Joan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/34-Dons-sister-Joan-1.jpg) It's a watercolour, a medium used by Joy but she preferred oils. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/its-a-watercolour-a-medium-used-by-joy-but-she-preferred-oils/) ![Christine Valentinis Mum and dad scaled](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/35b-Christine-Valentinis-Mum-and-dad-scaled-1.jpg) commissioned in 1998 for their Golden Anniversary [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/restituta-antonio-valentini/) ![Watercolour of Christine Valentini from Wexford Days 1988](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/36-Watercolour-of-Christine-Valentini-from-Wexford-Days-1988-1.jpg) Wexford School For The Arts days where students gained experience in many media [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/rmc-graduate-x/) ![Great niece in UK](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/37-Great-niece-in-UK-1.jpg) Many Canadians can relate to leaving family behind in their mother country. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/christine-valentini-x/) ![Boy with a bucket 1970](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/40-Boy-with-a-bucket-1970-1.jpg) can't remember [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/castle-moy-in-the-background-x-2/) ![Boy with bunny](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/41-boy-with-bunny-1.jpg) Most kids have a cat or a dog [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/probably-divorced-by-now-x-2/) ![Dead brach portait 1](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/45-dead-brach-portait-1-1.jpg) Joy doesn't often include other objects in a portrait....... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/an-innocent-sitter-x/) ![Dead branch portrait 2](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/46-dead-branch-portrait-2-1.jpg) a circle of recognition? [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/half-a-dyptich-x/) ![Dr Paul Family GP](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/47-Dr-Paul-Family-GP-1.jpg) unexpected cheque [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/the-other-half-of-the-dyptich-x/) ![Grandchild portrait for a friend](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/53-grandchild-portrait-for-a-friend-1.jpg) a light on inside [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/painted-as-a-gift-x/) ![Grandmother of business on Eglinton](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/54-Grandmother-of-business-on-Eglinton-1.jpg) too lazy or too busy to save the details [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/grandmother-approved-x/) ![Jamie memorial portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/57-Jamie-memorial-portrait-1.jpg) Often the greater significance of the painted portrait has very little to do with the artist [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/fatherly-guidance-x/) ![JoyMacFadyen PortraitNikita](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/61-JoyMacFadyen_PortraitNikita-1.jpg) Nikita a renowned Scarborough artist [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nikita-marner/) ![Karin Eatons Clown by Joy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/62-Karin-Eatons-Clown-by-Joy-1.jpg) Not a portrait but..... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nikita-marner-x/) ![Wayne Williams 2019](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/72-Wayne-Williams-2019-1.jpg) Wayne Williams, Joy's 'tap' instructor for many years. Apparently a terrific fellow with a great sense of humour [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/wayne-williams/) ![Melanies husband Jack the picture framer](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/76-Melanies-husband-Jack-the-picture-framer-1.jpg) Jack the framer; an obviously relaxed and handsome fellow [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/jack-picture-framer/) ![Not documented](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/83-Not-documented-1.jpg) There seems to be nothing about this image (..) this person definitely did exist and at some point become some part of Joy's life. Maybe you know who it is [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/not-documented/) ![Nude from the nineties gets a squeeze from Bob Hinves](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/84-Nude-from-the-nineties-gets-a-squeeze-from-Bob-Hinves-1.jpg) a full scale nude is not an easy or simple task [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nude-from-the-nineties/) ![Maureen Munroe neighbour](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/Joy-MacFadyen-Maureen-Munroe-neighbour-9-X-9-inches-oil-on-glass-1994-1.jpg) The portrait is an interesting departure from the complete image of the head being included in the composition [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nurse-maureen/) ![Stay healthy or theres another memorial portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/94-stay-healthy-or-theres-another-memorial-portrait-1.jpg) This particular portrait had a note (...) "so please try to stay healthy!" [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/stay-healthy/) ![Steve Munro and wife Cathy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/95-Steve-Munro-and-wife-Cathy-1.jpg) The portraits were a wedding gift. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/steve-munro-and-cathy/) ![Maureens late son Michael](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/Joy-MacFadyen-Maureens-late-son-Michael-12-X-12-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) painted for a neighbour in loving memory of a son [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/mike-munro/) ![Three blonde siblings](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/99-three-blonde-siblings-1.jpg) three young fellows looking for some fun [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/three-blonde-siblings/) ![Unknown sitter](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/Joy-MacFadyen-unknown-sitter-20-X-16-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) It is a bit strange to think here is this lovely portrait of this fellow and he doesn't know it exists. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/unknown-poser/) ![Wayne Joys line dance and tap coach](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/107-Wayne-Joys-line-dance-and-tap-coach-1.jpg) The tilt of the figure implies motion and this chap, Wayne, was Joy's dance instructor for tap, and great friend [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/dance-tap-coach/) ![Wrinkled face with character](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/108-Wrinkled-face-with-character-1.jpg) It is not a standard pose and perhaps it is that which gives the image a unique and unforgettable quality [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/wrinkled-face-with-character/) ![X100 6 foot lady](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/109-x100-6-foot-lady-1.jpg) Joy's six foot Garden of Eden type figure includes trees and birds, and a good touch of her usual good humour [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/6-foot-lady/) ![In memory of Mary Muench](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/110-In-memory-of-Mary-Muench-1.jpg) in a way this is a portrait of a friend of Joy's [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/in-memory-of-mary-muench/) ![Betsy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/23-Betsy-1.jpg) People used to call her Betsy but I don't think that was her real name [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/betsy/) ![Babs Curries granddaughter](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/32-Babs-Curries-granddaughter-1.jpg) with all the formal trappings of a confident equestrian, and a family heirloom piece [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/babs-curries-granddaughter/) ![Art Guild show painting by Joy Andy Donato Juror](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/4-Art-Guild-show-painting-by-Joy-Andy-Donato-Juror-1.jpg) from the 'Scarborough Mirror' [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/long-lost/) ![All from the same mystery family](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/28-All-from-the-same-mystery-family-1.jpg) Joined together in a tryptich.... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/joined-in-a-tryptich/) ![Art Guild model was overpainted with parents portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/30-Art-Guild-model-was-overpainted-with-parents-portrait-1.jpg) a clothed model covered..... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/hidden/) ![Another unknown soldier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/31-another-unknown-soldier-1.jpg) Joy hoped that he had a great career .... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/rmc-graduate/) ![Bride portrait from 50 years ago Probably divorced lol](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/26-Bride-portrait-from-50-years-ago-Probably-divorced-lol-1.jpg) the bride would be very,very old by now [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/probably-divorced/) ![Chief of the Clan with Castle Moy background](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/38-Chief-of-the-Clan-with-Castle-Moy-background-1.jpg) Chief of The Clan [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/castle-moy/) ![Alan Forster 12inches X 12 inches oil on canvas](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/Joy-MacFadyen-Alan-Forster-12inches-X-12-inches-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg) Sad year for a portrait painter.... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/gone-not-forgotten/) ![Brianna and her brother](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/42-Brianna-and-her-brother-1.jpg) You can see purpose in these young people , maybe obviously brother and sister, but Joy notes that these two characters are now way older than shown in this portrait painting [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/university-graduate/) ![Commisioned grandchild](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/44-Commisioned-grandchild-1.jpg) The blurring and lack of detail gives the portrait the soft-blanket-like texture suitable for the subject [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/university-graduate-x/) ![Dr Pauls wife Ruth](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/48-Dr-Pauls-wife-Ruth-1.jpg) Ruth, commissioned the first painting, [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/ruth/) ![Portrait by Joy MacFadyen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/49--1.jpg) There is a dream like quality to the eyes as they search for the heavens.... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/m-model/) ![Liked her outfit](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/50-Liked-her-outfit-1.jpg) Joy couldn't remember why she painted this portrait except that she liked the outfit. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nice-outfit/) ![Employer portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/51-Employer-portrait-1.jpg) For the record she painted three portraits of his family. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/businessman/) ![Gift portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/52-Gift-portrait-1.jpg) I can't remember her mother's name but she showed me this photograph [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/as-a-gift/) ![Image2 bak](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/55-Image2_bak-1.jpg) colour structure [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/unknown-p/) ![Unknown father instructed the sons features lol](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/56-Unknown-father-instructed-the-sons-features-lol-1.jpg) tongue in cheek good humour [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/fatherly-guidance/) ![Joan Colbournes twin grandchildren](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/58-Joan-Colbournes-twin-grandchildren-1.jpg) Joy said "My friend Joan Colbourne is blessed to have these little twins as grand children. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/fateful-cir/) ![John Muir US Conservationist for national parks](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/59-John-Muir-US-Conservationist-for-national-parks-1.jpg) responsible for many of the national parks in the U.S. [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/fateful-circumstance-x/) ![JoyMacFadyen MilitaryPortrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/60-JoyMacFadyen_MilitaryPortrait-1.jpg) Joy did a number of portrait pieces for the Monarchist League [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/john-muir-tribute-x/) ![Remember when I was young and beautiful](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/63-remember-when-I-was-young-and-beautiful-1.jpg) Not a portrait but..... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/harlequin-x/) ![Kaylyn](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/64-Kaylyn-1.jpg) Kaylyn, the youngest daughter in the Shelley family [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/kaylyn/) ![Lady and her collie](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/65-Lady-and-her-collie-1.jpg) no direct record of the sitter or the dog [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/lady-and-her-collie/) ![Last of 17 Liptons Soup paintings](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/66-last-of-17-Liptons-Soup-paintings-1.jpg) The painting for the Lipton Soup Company, there were five, containing 17 portraits in total [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/last-17-lipton/) ![Liptons Family portrait with dog](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/67-Liptons-Family-portrait-with-dog-1.jpg) Another piece from the Lipton's Soup commission [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/liptons-soup-portrait-with-dog/) ![Liptons Soup couple](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/68-Liptons-Soup-couple-1.jpg) These folks look like your friendly aunt and uncle who would likely be familiar with Lipton's soups [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/liptons-couple/) ![Liptons Soup Portraits](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/69-Liptons-Soup-Portraits-1.jpg) One of five portrait pieces commissioned by the Lipton Soup company to show people from across Canada in their advertising series [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/liptons-soup-portraits/) ![Nova Scotias Liptons Soup portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/70-Nova-Scotias-Liptons-Soup-portrait-1.jpg) Nice family but (...) Perhaps there is a bigger story to this than meets the eye [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/nova-scotias-liptons/) ![Portrait by Joy MacFadyen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/71--1.jpg) Unlike the other more acidic and bored group in their Lipton's Soup portrait these folks are a more embraced arrangement [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/folks-won-lottery/) ![Looks like her grandfather purchase](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/73-looks-like-her-grandfather-purchase-1.jpg) Having painted this for the fun of it the purchaser found that it looked like her grandfather [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/grandfather-purchase/) ![Lynne Atkinson Exec Dir Arts Scar](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/74-Lynne-Atkinson-Exec-Dir-Arts-Scar-1.jpg) Lynn Atkinson, a good friend of Joy's having become the first executive director of Arts Scarborough as it got off the ground [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/lynne-atkinson/) ![Pilots run away wife](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/75-Pilots-run-away-wife-1.jpg) This portrait has an unusual devotion to variations of yellow ochre and of course that is what ties the whole thing together [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/pilots-run-away-wife/) ![Memorial portrait of a fellow](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/77-memorial-portrait-of-a-fellow-1.jpg) This fellow died prematurely and this commission was a memorial portrait [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/memorial-portrait/) ![Michelles mum](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/79-Michelles-mum-1.jpg) Once again this is a memorial portrait painted for a friend who's mother passed away [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/irish-guy/) ![Monarchist League portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/80-Monarchist-League-portrait-1.jpg) Member of the Monarchist League, (...) he looks like something out of Dickens [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/monarchist/) ![Mother and child 2](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/81-Mother-and-child-2-1.jpg) The strong bond which is illustrated here between mother and child (...) the tender affection [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/mother-and-child-2/) ![Mother and child](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/82-mother-and-child-1.jpg) Mother and child was approached more than once, likely a bit of a caprice as a composition [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/mother-and-child/) ![Oliver first exhibit](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/86-Oliver-first-exhibit-1.jpg) This painting was Joy's first entry into an Art Guild of Scarborough Exhibition [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/oliver/) ![Christine Valentinis Daughter Natasha scaled](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/87b-Christine-Valentinis-Daughter-Natasha-scaled-1.jpg) Joy didn't define herself as a pastel artist but (...) experimented with all kinds of media [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/pastel-of-christine/) ![Pixie boy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/88-pixie-boy-1.jpg) Joy said "This little "pixie" boy was one of my favorite commissions to paint [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/pixie-boy/) ![Portrait no shirt](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/89-Portrait-no-shirt-1.jpg) Painted for a family who's father had died it was commemorative [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/no-shirt/) ![Recreating a lost photo](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/90-recreating-a-lost-photo-1.jpg) Request (...) from an older gentleman who wanted his father's uniform put on a portrait of himself [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/recreating-photo/) ![Ruth Haddock](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/91-Ruth-Haddock-1.jpg) Joy left some loving comments about Ruth Haddock [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/ruth-haddock/) ![Sheila Ewings granddaughter](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/92-Sheila-Ewings-granddaughter-1.jpg) A favorite of Joy's out of all her portraits, one can see why [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/sheila-granddaughter/) ![South African child](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/93-South-African-child-1.jpg) Portrait was exhibited in an Art Guild Show (...) it was purchased right away by a lady who said it was the spitting image of a child she had adopted... [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/south-african-child/) ![Twins](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/102-Twins-1.jpg) Yes, they are twins. Can you tell the difference [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/twins/) ![Unknown brimley child](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/103-unknown-brimley-child-1.jpg) no record of a name or any further details [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/unknown-brimley-child/) ![Very shy little boy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/105-very-shy-little-boy-1.jpg) This was a very shy little boy and I loved the squirrel on his sweater [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/shy-little-boy/) ![Victorian Lady](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/af/fdaf4218-084e-4f28-8a7b-22aad6749460/content/images/2026/08/106-Victorian-Lady-1.jpg) "Victorian Lady" was the title of the painting (...), but there is no name to the sitter [(more)](https://www.galleryxscarborough.com/portfolio/victorian-lady/)