Joyce Byrnes is a pastel artist and instructor living in Rockland County, NY. In her paintings, she seeks to convey the light, color and textures she observes in nature. After earning a degree in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, Joyce worked in diverse fields such as pension plan management and museum administration. Her art education includes coursework at SUNY Binghamton, the Rockland Center for the Arts, the Pastel Society of America, and the Art Students League in New York. She currently teaches a class in Pastel Painting at the Clarkstown Community Learning Center in Congers, NY.