Joanie's art mesmerizes viewers with silkscreening, stitching, acrylic on textiles, ritual cloths, and more. Her work is about preservation, whether it be natural resources or ancient artifacts. The art has a certain ambiguity to it; the viewer relates to the image and places it in his mind to a specific location. The actual original setting most likely has nothing to do with the viewers' preconception, and may not physically exist anywhere except in Joanie's imagination. She portrays imagery of the planet's fragile beauty while questioning our culture, which promotes instant gratification while ignoring evolving consequences. Joanie offer acrylic paintings and work constructed of various textiles that achieve the illusion of a natural patina. She often combines media to attain intricate textures using an accumulation of thin layers of color and delicate line work created with stitching.