"Renewable Energy" Pastel on board, 72" square, 2005

 Shawn Dell Joyce is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist with Creator's Syndicate, a sustainable artist and activist. She founded the Wallkill River School, a nonprofit artist's cooperative and a model of green business. She trained with Nobel Laureate Al Gore to be a Climate Project Presenter in 2007, and has worked tirelessly to curb climate change in the Hudson Valley region.