Joy Kuo — Profile Piece

https://youtu.be/RL73Yw9HkDU

ANCHOR LEAD-IN: JOY QUO CAME TO AMERICA TWENTY YEARS AGO TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT. NOW FIFTY AND RETIRED, JOY WORKS FULL-TIME IN HER OWN CALIFORNIA ART STUDIO.

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b roll — Studio panning, close up on some jewelry and painting, cuts to Joy, goes back to studio

ONE OF MY MANAGERS, HE SAID ‘JOY, DO YOU KNOW WHEN I GET MY COFFEE AND I TALK TO YOU? BECAUSE I LOVE YOUR PAINTINGS.

b roll — Joy, Joy’s water paintings,

MY NAME IS JOY KUO MY OCCUPATION BEFORE I RETIRED WAS AN ACCOUNTANT, AND I RETIRE VERY EARLY BECAUSE I HAVE A CHANCE TO ENJOY MY ART.

b roll — Brush close-ups, some of joys paintings and brushes

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I ALWAYS DRAW, UNDER THE TABLE SOMETIMES EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT ART IS VERY HARD TO MAKE MONEY FROM FOR A LIVING. SO MY PARENTS DID NOT ENCOURAGE ME TO DO THAT. UNTIL I RETIRED. I SAID I STILL HAVE TIME AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS I RETIRED VERY EARLY. EARLY FIFTY.

b roll — Joy painting with Chinese brush, oil paintings panning, silk clothing

I START WITH MY CHINESE BRUSH FIRST, AND THEN A FEW YEARS I SAID I WANT TO FEEL A CHANGE. I TOTALLY CHANGED IT TO OIL PAINTINGS. IT IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE. I TRIED TO GET MYSELF A CHALLENGE. AND I REALLY REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH SILK PAINTING.

JOY WORKING ON HER SILK SCARFS. CLOSE-UPS ON SILK PAINTINGS.

SO I DO THE WEARABLE SILK MATERIAL AND I HAVE FINE ART PAINTING ON THE 100 PERCENT SILK FABRIC.

b roll — Chinese brush close-ups. Joy painting with Chinese brush.

CHINESE INK IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WATERCOLOR. IT IS WATER-BASED. BUT CHINESE BRUSH, WHEN WE FRAME IT, WE NEED TO WET IT MANY TIMES. NO MATTER WHAT OR ELSE IT WILL MESS UP THE PAINTINGS.

b roll — Joy walking in her studio, her painting

I KIND OF LIKE TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW STUFF. I NEVER STOP I STILL DO THINGS MYSELF SOMETIMES. I DON’T STOP.

OUTRO: TO SEE MORE OF KUO’S WORK, VISIT LOCKE ART STUDIO DOT COM.