writings & illustrations

Companies, non-profit organizations and private individuals commission Joanie to draw and write books and pamphlets regarding areas of interest to them. These books are sometimes for sale and sometimes given as gifts such as to those who donate to the Aravind Eye Hospital. Please click on a book to see excerpts from both the writing and the drawing.

"Equipped with only a black ink pen and sketchbook, artist Joanie Mitchell...spent two weeks at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai capturing the heart and soul of the hospital and its surroundings. From eye camps to the Pongal festival, from pilgrimages to Madurai street life, she had the essence of whatever she was looking at, down on paper within a matter of minutes."
-Martha Moore, Seva Volunteer