For the second consecutive year, Zionsville artist Joyce K. Jensen has been awarded Best of Show at the Indiana State Fair annual Fine Arts competition. Her prize-winning painting, “Whirls and Swirls,” is a colorful, hyperrealistic watercolor of candy and ribbons.
The painting was chosen for its unique subject matter, the artist’s skill with medium, and, according to comments by the show’s jurors, “the way the subject matter seems to jump off the page.”
“I feel incredibly honored to have my work chosen for the top prize a second time,” Jensen said. “Just to be accepted in the show is an honor. And I’m proud to have my work shown alongside that of so many artists I admire.”
The competition includes oils, watercolors, pastels, sculpture, prints and more categories. Ribbons are awarded in each media. The Best of Show piece is chosen from among the Blue Ribbon winners.
Jensen and her husband have lived in Zionsville since 2001 after raising their family on Indianapolis’s northwest side.
Her paintings and note cards with her images are available in the boutique at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center and at Artistica Gallery in Wabash. Note cards also are available at Finer Things in Brownsburg with prints coming this fall.
Her paintings have received numerous ribbons at the fair, including, three times the Blue Ribbon for watercolors. Her many other awards include Best of Shows at both the Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibition in Indianapolis and the Jasper Arts Annual Exhibition in Jasper; and an Honorable Mention at the Contemporary Realism Biennial at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
Images of her paintings can be seen at www.joycekjensen.com.
She is a juried member of the Indiana Artists Club Inc., Indiana Artisan and Women Artists of the West. Other memberships include the National Watercolor Society and Allied Artists of America Inc.