Joan Cornish Willies

Joan has been painting and studying Miniatures since she was eleven, and is a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of London, England. She is also a member of the Miniature Artists of America. Other memberships include the Miniature Art Society of Florida and the Washington Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. Her favorite subjects include English cottages, children in Victorian settings, tromp l’oeil, still life, shade profiles, land and seascapes. She also produces collector dollhouse miniatures; finely detailed paintings in 1/12th scale. Joan paints commissions and teaches Miniature painting in her Clearwater studio, which produces frameable prints of her and her students' work. She also travels to give workshops in many parts of North America and Europe. Deeply concerned with the protection of the Art of the Miniature, Joan promotes the exacting standards of the 100 year old Royal Miniature Society by giving demonstrations and lectures, appearing on tv and writing articles and books on the subject.