My Story

I am a dentist turned self taught painter, illustrator, calligrapher based in Mississauga Ontario, Canada.

My art adventure started when I moved to Canada in 2016. Back then, I had some basic art supplies that I started to play around with as I was waiting for my immigration process to be completed. With just some mediocre water-colours and some paper, I started to scratch the surface of my creative side. I could spend hours of the day just painting and watching the colours mix and create fascinating new patterns. As my interest started to grow I plunged into research and exploring what this passion had to offer and where it could take me. I started creating small pieces for family & friends as gifts for birthdays, anniversaries etc, to get my feet wet in making custom artwork for people other than myself.

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During this time I also discovered calligraphy, I absolutely fell in love with this medium as well. My husband had bought me a calligraphy set some years before and I busted that out and gave it a whirl, after many MANY failed attempts I was finally able to get better. Now I spend most of my time between calligraphy, painting and combining the two to create one of a kind pieces.

Here I am now, continuing to grow and turning a stumbled upon hobby into a full time career.

If you’re into random movie references, colours and one of a kind art attempts, feel free to browse through this site for some of my work and the services I provide, don’t forget to follow me on social channels and keep up to date with what’s coming up.

Catch you later,

Joy.

A Few of My Favourite Things !

TV Shows

The Office (Always on repeat!)

Seinfeld

Marvellous Mrs. Maisel

Kim’s Convenience

The Chosen

Movies

The Holiday (I watch this one every Christmas!)

All the Avengers (Superheroes YES!)

The Sound of Music

Knives Out (Love me a good Crime Thriller)

A Quiet Place I and II

Artists

Jenna Rainey

Samantha Dion Baker

Suzanne Cunningham

Younghae Chung

Carrie Chan

Florian Gadsby

Food

My Mum’s Cooking

My Husband’s recipe for Ribs

New York Pizza

Ivan Ramen

Thai Cuisine

Sushi

Desserts

Ice Cream (Double scoop please!)

Lemon Anything (Insert Cake, Tart, Squares)

Dark Chocolate Cake

My Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies

Apple Dumplings

Musicians

Brooke Ligertwood

Christy Nockels

Stephen Day

Yebba Smith

Novo Amor

Zach Winters

Coldplay

Why Inscribe?

I am often asked why I picked the name Inscribe.

I was reading through Isaiah 49 and came across verse 16 which reads – “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palm of My hands”. This word INSCRIBE drew me in, a representation of the permanence of God’s love. To me this represents God as the ultimate creative, who I sometimes imagine with His own paintbrush, from whom we all receive creativity.

I strive to give a tiny glimpse of His creativity through me and continue to trust Him to inspire me.