Joan Terese Hayes Watercolor Painting

Watercolorist Joan Terese Hayes demonstrates her painting process.

Joan is one of the owners of FineLeaf.net where she works as an art dealer, representing contemporary artists including her own. She has sold thousands of original watercolor and acrylic paintings to galleries, interior designers and art collectors throughout the country.

She represents contemporary artists including Jane Cooper, Helen Frank and Trish Hurley.

Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1959. She studied attended art school at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, Daytona Beach Community College and Mississippi University for Women
in Columbus, Mississippi, where she studied Fine Art and Interior Design.

She has spent her entire adult career working as an artist and in the arts. She has worked as picture framer, artist agent, painter, art instructor and gallery owner. She ran the art gallery and frame shop, JT Art & Frame, in Amherst NH, before focusing on representing artists and her painting.

This video gives great visual insight into Joan's wet on wet process of watercolor painting. She offers some painting tips and behind the scenes look at the spontaneity of her original watercolors.