About Joan

Joan Hilliard has been a noteworthy Georgia artist since her early days at the Atlanta School of Art and Georgia State University. She continued her formal arts training at the Scottsdale School of Art in Arizona and the Fechin Institute in New Mexico. Her "hands-on" education took place when she studied with the artistic "greats" such as Ron Riddick, Roman and Constantine Chatov, Ouida Canaday, James Yarborough and Phil Metzger.

With her acute sense of color in all of its tones and variations, Hilliard's style of painting is Impressionistic, yet warm and soothing at the same time. Her coastal and beach scenes are imbued with a serene beauty. Even her vibrant and lively sun flower paintings have a "quietness" about them.

Hilliard's works have received many "Awards of Distinction" and "Best in Show" over the years and she has had several "one-woman shows" throughout the Southeastern United States and also in Germany.  Joan was also in Italy twice with the Georgia Festival of the Arts and Atlanta Boys Choir as one of l7 visual artists.

Today, her paintings can be found in many important corporate collections such as those of Emory University, Coca-Cola USA, Sun Trust Bank, Mercer University School of Medicine and hotels such as the Hilton, Sheraton and Marriott. Private collections include those of Sen. Herman Talmadge and Greg Maddux, the Braves pitcher. Joan recently was honored as the first artist to receive the Distinguished Visual Artist CABY Award. Her works are in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States.