Joan Wells is our featured artist for our first nature collection, Adventures with Under the Sea. She is an accomplished artist and diver from Poulsbo, WA. She is the biggest crafter-artist I have ever known. Her exceptional craftsmanship and artistry is apparent in every medium she chooses whether that be under water character paintings, greeting card illustrations, jewelry making or or finding new uses for discarded textiles.

 

Her seamstress skills shine through her quality purses, bags and special kimono-like cigar jackets. The jackets are fabricated out of old neck ties that were forgotten about in the back of a thrift store. Each jacket, like her under water paintings, bring their own character with a color scheme that is vibrant and full of life. The jackets have multiple silk linings make this garment super heavy and high quality! She has had multiple shows on both the east and west coast where she commanded upwards of $20,000+ for her one-of-a-kind cigar jackets.

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As a cold water diver, Joan went on 834 dives during her 14 years of diving in Washington State and British Columbia. She had dive suit made for diving under ice... she never got cold! Most of her illustrations are inspired from her under water experiences. Each character exudes happiness and joy, a goal of Joan's. She wanted people to be happy when they looked at it.

Peninsula Creative Co is honored to bring the Adventures Under the Sea collection to market. We gave new life to her art with fun, under water, original character illustrations printed on merchandise and apparel. 

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Her private collection may be available by request.​