Born and raised in Chicago, Joy Postle became a prolific artist with a career of more than seventy years painting landscapes, portraits and murals from studios in Idaho and Florida. Her landscapes included views of Southern Idaho, and in Florida, she painted in the national parks and did murals for hotels and banks including a restaurant mural in Beaumont, Texas and the Majestic Hotel in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In Florida, working over a period of thirty years.

Marcia, check the website AskArt.com

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  I found this but not the flamingos paintings. They are going for over $100 for sure
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Montrose, have the pink flamingos in water with chick in nest, tree background and blue/white/gray sky. It says flamingos on the bottom and I did take it out of the frame. It is stamped on the back as one of the Glamor Birds and has a note written by the purchaser dated 1951. I’m gonna post some cell phone pics for you all.

Thank you CHakraCord. I did find that site I hate to pay to subscribe just to find info on one painting tho I will if nobody knows anything about her art. I also found some interesting background on her in a book review for the book Joy Cometh in the Morning. Full name is Joy Postle Blackstone.

I am just hoping someone knows another way I can research value.

Thank you all for your kind help! I looked at all the links and appreciate the help. I did find some on worthpoint that sold on ebay in 09 and 2010 for well over $100 each. I think that is a good starting point and for what I have invested in this I won’t get greedy.

Yettalass, I agree that this is a treasure and not one I would have expected to find here in South Dakota! Things like this are what make the hunt so much fun!

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![URL removed] ![URL removed] ![URL removed] Don’t have exact measurements yet but think something like 12×16 maybe

Hi found this site asking question on Joy Postle’s works. Maybe you can find out something [URL removed]
This is another one for her you might want to check out the research section has quite a bit of info [URL removed]
Hope it helps.

[URL removed] Here is an art gallery that has some of her work and posted prices. I am guessing that her work or at least some of it would rank up there with the Highway Men in Florida Art The University of Florida has a good deal of her work and writing. I see you have that link above. It looks like her Flamingo work is some of the better pieces. You can probably find out more by sending for info from that UCF link. I think you have a teasure there

Do you have the white flamingo (Ibis) with blue background or the pink flamingos with either the black or greenish to brown earth tones background?

I have the (Ibis) and paid a couple of hundred (in 1999) at local shop here in town and recently gave away as a gift to someone during the holidays for their cottage in the Heights.