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After several years off from artwork while finishing a Social Thought Masters at New York University, Joelle realized that her degree brought no more career options than painting and illustration do. So she moved south, and in 2005 unpacked her art gear at what is now Pump Project. She is inspired by the shapes and patterns around us, from shadows cast by buildings’ angles to curves in wind-bent blades of grass. A recent obsession is old photographs. Many newer works reference black and white pictures from the 1930s and 40s, combined with ideas and colors from newer sources and imaginings.

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