Artist Biography

Jo is a painter and poet living in Richmond, Virginia. Now retired, Jo is the former Director of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Humanities from the University of Richmond.

Jo works in acrylic, oil and mixed media painting. She has taken painting and printmaking classes at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and from artist/instructors in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

In addition to writing and making art, Jo enjoys playing the dulcimer and piano and traveling wherever the spirit leads her.