Joy Keown / Wyoworks
Joy Keown is is one of the exhibiting artists at the 9th Biennial Touchstone Laramie Art Show and Sale, Wyomings premier art experience featuring new work from 21 of Laramie, Wyoming and Albany County’s top professional artists. The exhibition will be open on Saturday, November 8th, 2025 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, November 9th from 12pm to 4pm at the Wyoming Territorial Prison Historic Site at 975 Snowy Range Road in Laramie, Wyoming.
Joy will be showing new and never before seen watercolor paintings of her artwork. She uses Arches 140# cold-pressed watercolor paper and transparent watercolors with a combination of techniques such as wet in wet, wet in dry, wet wash, graded wash, dry brush, masking, blending, layering, glazing, splattering, scrumbling and lifting. She has been a member of the Laramie Artists Project and exhibiting Touchstone artist since 2025 and this will be her first Touchstone Exhibition.
Joy Keown
Hoary Comma & Groundsel, 8x8", 2024, by Joy Keown
Monarch & Milkweed, 8x8", 2024, by Joy Keown
Orange Sulfur & Curlycup Gumweed, 8x8", 2024, by Joy Keown
Painted Lady & Asters, 8x8", 2024, by Joy Keown
Russet Rooster, 15x11", 2025, by Joy Keown
About the Artist
Growing up on a Missouri farm, Joy has always been inspired by the beauty and wonders of nature. Beginning with pencil drawings as a child, her love for nature expressed as art unfolded. She has been painting in watercolor for many years and continues to enjoy the versatility of this medium. The way light strikes an object, the pattern of cast shadows, and reflected light make a subject intriguing. The transparency of watercolor allows her to express these subtleties in a painting.
Joy received a BS/MS in biology from Emporia State University, and taught biology for a number of years. Working as a park ranger naturalist in Yellowstone for many summers gave her the opportunity to study nature intimately firsthand. Her love for the natural world has led her to make conservation the focus of her work. Recently she has been working on a pollinator series, focusing on butterflies and their host plants. Joy paints a variety of subjects, including wildlife and landscapes.
Learn More
You can learn more or purchase Joy’s artwork outside of Touchstone by going to Artisans' Gallery in Laramie, Clay Paper Scissors in Cheyenne, Studio T in Saratoga, The Nic Gift Shop in Casper, or directly from her studio. You can see more of Joy’s work and contact her on her website www.joykeown.com. You can follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/joy.keown.
Wyoming’s premier art experience featuring new work from 21 of Laramie, Wyoming and Albany County’s top professional artists