Faith Crafter Magazine 1 2016 | Page 23

Casia Joy - Hope Flows - Joyful Expectation ”Whenever I hear the word hope, to me it means ~ Joyful Expectation. Because when you have hope it means that you have an expectation, and that expectation for what is coming is that it will be better, Casia Joy is a 20something art- greater, & more joy filled; it means that you do not allow experiences or circumist who grew up in a foggy beach town on the Northern Coast of Cal- stances to dictate the standard of what & ifornia. Growing up just adjacent how you expect.” to the restless ocean, redwood & eucalyptus filled forests, and creative, nation-filled city of San Francisco has largely influenced her inspiration and the content of her paintings. She was homeschooled all throughout high school alongside her four other siblings '