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Jennifer Joiner


Contact Jennifer Joiner at hedlong18@gmail.com

Studies: York University, Visual Arts BFA program to 1994; courses at Toronto School of Art and Ontario College of Art.  University of Toronto: Honours BA cum laude, major English Literature (1980), and MA program in Literature (1981),  followed by a decade each in publishing and teaching including acquisitions for educational publishers and course director positions at York University teaching critical skills, and at George Brown College and Seneca College teaching English Literacy and Western Art History. 

Exhibitions: After showing in six York University galleries (two solo), exhibitions include those at Rebecca Gallery (solo), The Newman Gallery, John B. Aird Gallery (Jurors’ Award), Music Gallery, Back Lane Studio (solo), Mahon Hall in Ganges, BC (two shows, in each a Jurors’ Award), The Art Bar and Main Library (solo) in Guelph, fundraisers, and large Toronto exhibitions and art tours, Bloor West, Distillery District, and the most recent, Riverdale ArtWalk in June, 2022.  

Some of my additional work under the heading ‘Artists’ on this site.


Rabbit, basswood, watercolour painted sculpture, 2023

Paintings 2020-2023



Cliffside    20x16 in.     oil on canvas    2023


Rocks and Lake     20x16 in.     oil on canvas     2023


Wheatfield      6x9 in.    watercolour on paper    2023


Green Scene        14x14 in.     oil on canvas      2022


 Disappear   14x14 in.     oil on canvas      2022


Mists      10x10 in.     oil on canvas      2022


Coastal       10x10 in.      oil on canvas      2022     


The Clearing      20x16 in.     acrylic on canvas     2022


Dialectic      28x22 in.    acrylic on canvas      2022


Echo     40x30 in.    oil on wood panel      2022


Stories       12x16 in.   oil on canvas      2022


Seated Man       10x8 in.   oil on canvas     2022


Out of the North, the Snowy Owl    36x48 in.(diptych)   oil on canvas      2022


Greeting     14x11 in.  oil on canvas       


The Lyre of Megiddo    24x24 in.   oil on canvas        SOLD in 2022


Skateboard Moon    40x48 in.  oil/acrylic on canvas       


Big Wave Rising  24x24 in.   oil/acrylic on canvas    SOLD in 2022


Knock Twice     24x30 in.   oil on canvas       


Punk (with Michael Clark)  18x14 in.   oil on canvas   


Threading the Blue Duck     16x20 in.   oil on canvas      


Submariner    14x18 in.  oil on canvas     


Going Camping    11x14 in.  oil on canvas     


Going Sailing    11x14 in.  oil on canvas       


Dying Light    26x24 in.   oil on birch panel         


To Destroy, 2022     9x9 in.  oil on canvas      SOLD in 2022


Darkness Descends    9x9 in.  oil on canvas       


Translated   9x9 in.    oil on canvas        


The Soldier    9x9 in.    oil on canvas       


Rio Grande (Where Can We Go?)   20x20 in.   oil on canvas       


Terrorized      18x14 in.   oil on canvas board  


Green Fusion   14x11 in.  oil on canvas     SOLD in 2022


Son of the Sea  20x16 in.  oil on canvas       


The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth  20x16 in.  oil on canvas    


Morning Star  20x16 in.   oil on canvas       


The Tenor   20x16 in.   oil on canvas        


Noble Spirit    20x16 in.   oil on canvas        


Venus Rising    20x16 in.   oil on canvas      


Thunderstorm July 13     11x14 in.   oil on canvas        


Selected Paintings 2016-2019


Hatched   16x20 in.   oil on canvas          


Reservoir     16x20 in.   oil on canvas        


Lattice Green     16x20 in.  oil on canvas      SOLD in 2022


Andalusian Dance   16x20 in.    oil on canvas   


Pearl River    16x20 in.    oil on canvas       


Tranquility   24x18 in.   oil on canvas        


Return of Light    14x11 in.   oil on canvas       


Study in Red    18x14 in.   oil on canvas           


The Wind is Up    18x14 in.  oil on canvas board    


Skies Clearing     18x14 in.  oil on canvas board    


Waiting   18x14 in.  oil on canvas board      


Looking Back   18x14 in.  oil on canvas board