Joanne Delomba

I knew I wanted to be an artist since the day I was born. As a child I honed my artistic skills and as an art student I concentrated on creating works that tell a story. As a product of the Baby-Boomer generation, I found myself surrounded by iconic images of the times. Recognizing all my favorite themes in the visual vocabulary of the popular culture, I jumped head-first into that world!
For over 25 years I operated my successful wholesale ceramics studio, creating hand painted Art-Pottery while raising my small family, doing laundry and feeding the dog! My ceramics were collected worldwide and over time I developed a signature style both traditional and contemporary.
In the late 1990s, Digital Art had become a recognizable influence in the mainstream art world. Studying the new avant-garde art form, I began manipulating images to create magical scenarios with a timeless quality. I draw my influences from vintage advertising art, antique tintype photography and the Surrealist Art movement. In the beginning I hand-printed transfers for decoration on my pottery, but I wanted a more diverse canvas.
I first introduced my Story Prints as whimsical allegories with familiar themes. Subjects like courage, wisdom and the longing to “fit...

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
BA in Fine Art