Joan was born and raised in England and came to Canada in 1968. She moved to Deep River in 1976.

Joan had always been interested in sewing and embroidery and was introduced to this medium by one of her talented daughters. She works on finely woven fabric with coloured silks to create original pictures of landscapes, buildings, fauna and flora, from photographs and drawings. She also reproduces paintings by well known artists in this entirely different medium.

Joan creates these pictures for the joy of working with coloured silks. Her framed pictures can be found at 'From The Valley Artisans' in Deep River, Ontario.