Paintings

Paintings from the 1960s

  • Audience Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "There were two fellows from a band that had just come off stage and my girlfriend was in the room, so I femi...
  • Brad - Mont Blanc Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "[This and 'Graham - Mont Blanc'] were done in a restaurant in Toronto, in a period of less than five minutes...
  • Calico ...
  • Clouds Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "This was an exercise in observation, a portrait done from a mirror over a period of a couple of weeks. During ...
  • CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH Sold at auction for $6,250.00 in June 2014. Auction Description Reads: This lot was removed from a black leather artists notepad circa 1967-1969, Jo...
  • Dallas Taylor Joni's comments from Starart: This is a portrait of Dallas Taylor, who played drums with Crosby, Stils, Nash, and Young. I did drawings of everyone wh...
  • David Crosby ...
  • David Crosby, Panama Canal ...
  • Dining Room, Laurel Canyon Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "[This and 'Table Laurel Canyon I'] are of the kitchen table I had in Laurel Canyon, one done in the day and th...
  • Dining Room, Laurel Canyon I Joni's comments from the Starart book: [This and the next drawing] are of the kitchen table I had in Laurel Canyon, one done in the day and the other...
  • Dining Room, Newport Festival ...
  • Graham - Mont Blanc Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "[This and 'Brad - Mont Blanc'] were done in a restaurant in Toronto, in a period of less than five minutes. Al...
  • Graham Nash Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "I remember doing this drawing; it was in Laurel Canyon behind our house. It was spring and the grass was very ...
  • Graham Nash ...
  • Graham Nash The "Graham Nash: Touching the Flame" exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in the Fall of 2015, included this 1969 portrait of him don...
  • Graham Nash This hangs in the Hard Rock Cafe in Brussel, Belgium. Photographed by Miranda Heikamp ....
  • Hunter ...
  • James Taylor Graham Nash, possibly or James Taylor?...
  • Jane Lurie Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "'The Road To Woodstock' is a two-edged drawing; it can be viewed with the road leading towards the top or the ...
  • Jane Lurie ...
  • Joni Mitchell — Laurel Canyon 1969 Photograph by Graham Nash. The wording underneath the photo with Graham's signature reads: A rare unpublished photo of Joni Mitchell painting a port...
  • Judy Collins in the Dressing Room This work is featured on the "For the Roses" album....
  • Ladies of the Canyon 1 Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "This was the cover for the 'Ladies of the Canyon' album. The figure is a self-portrait and in the folds of the...
  • Love Is All Love This was sent in by Sharon Bruley, who wrote to me with this information: In 1966 I worked for attorney Armand Kunz. At that time he did some wor...
  • Newport Dining Room Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "At this time, the way I laid color to outline an existing line was very similar to what I was doing musically....
  • Paris Done in high school as an art assignment to paint Paris. The dedication is to Bob Hinitt, her art teacher. Joni donated the painting to him, who in tu...
  • Peacock Symbolic Collection at Scope ($16,000)....
  • PORTRAIT OF BOB DYLAN SEATED Discovered on an auction site in June 2014. Auction Description Reads: This lot was removed from a black leather artists notepad circa 1967-1969, Jon...
  • Posall & Mosalm Found on an auction site by Laura. Signed and dated 1967. The inscription reads "Gifts for you from MOSALM, POSALL," said the bird-bearer. "They s...
  • SELF-PORTRAIT WITH KEYBOARD Sold at auction for $ 10,000.00 in June 2014. Auction Description Reads: This lot was removed from a black leather artists notepad circa 1967-1969, ...
  • Siquomb ...
  • Song to a Seagull This was used as the album cover for "Song to a Seagull'....
  • Song to a Seagull This is the original artwork that Joni produced for her first album. Note the space left for the photograph section on the back cover. It was donated ...
  • The Daydreamer From a JMDL interview with John Uren: JMDL: Tell me about the piece of artwork that Joni gave you. John: She gave it to me in 1964. It was a bea...
  • The Girl Across The Room Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "This drawing was done at my first big folk festival, the Newport Folk Festival. There was a party for us and t...
  • This Flight Tonight ...
  • To Ellen Given to Ellen Rowlson at Christmas in 1966. "When she married my cousin, Chuck Mitchell, she spent some time with his family in Michigan and thus ...
  • Too Much! This item was found framed at a thrift store in Los Angeles in 2019. The price tag was $9.99 and it was half off ($5!) the day the new owner bought it...
  • Untitled ...
  • Untitled This piece was featured in the StarArt book....
  • Untitled Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "I was playing a concert in New York at the Wallman Rink and before I went on I did some sketches. This girl wa...
  • Untitled Joni's comments from the StarArt book: "This is a drawing of a playwrite friend of mine who was in my life briefly. He was sitting in a dressing room ...
  • Untitled ...
  • Untitled Sketches done in the last half of 1966. This, one other sketch that includes a poem or lyrics, and a letter were auctioned off on eBay in 2001.From w...
  • Untitled Handwritten lyrics (or poem) and a sketch done in the last half of 1966. This, 2 other sketches, and a letter were auctioned off on eBay in 2001.From...
  • Untitled Bob Santoro writes: “After Joni and Chuck Mitchell split up, she left in their apartment on Ferry Street in Detroit a vanity that she painted. These ...
  • Untitled Discovered on an auction site by helpful researcher Laura. It is signed and dated 1969. It's a polyptych of what seem to be religious images &mdash...
  • Untitled From another auction site, this was put up for auction by Graham Nash and it's thought to be a portrait of Nash, drawn while they were partners in 196...
  • Untitled sold at auction for $3375 in 2010 Listed as 'Portrait of Graham Nash on paper' ...
  • Untitled ...
  • Untitled Found online to be auctioned off, with this description: "Joni Mitchell - 'Birds in a Fantasy Landscape' (Original Pen and Ink Drawing) - $5,000 -...
  • Untitled Sold at auction for $1,792.00 in October 2011. Auction Description Reads: A pen drawing on paper by Joni Mitchell. The abstract drawing shows a be...
  • Untitled Sold at auction. Auction Description Reads: A beautiful original drawing by Joni Mitchell, circa 1969 (and in a similar style to her artwork for her...
  • Untitled Discovered on an auction site in April of 2014. Auction Description Reads: A Joni Mitchell abstract watercolor and resist painting signed in lower le...