Eric Joyner was born in San Mateo, California. He is an American artist with a groovy penchant for robots and donuts flavored with a dash of symbolism. His mother was a Methodist who would bribe him with donuts to go to Sunday school, and that’s where he developed an interest in donuts. Eric was drawing since kindergarten. It was in 3rd or 4th grade when his work was chosen for a travelling art show with some other kids. Eric is a sometimes shy, the kind of a person who has a satirical wit, painting stunning landscapes. Apart from donuts, he derives his inspiration from nature, machines, science, trees and philosophy.
Eric studied art at the Academy of Art College and at the University of San Francisco. His work was exhibited at the New York Society of Illustrators annual student shows in the 1980s, and he was accepted into the San Francisco Society of Illustrators in 1984. He has been given awards by Spectrum Fantastic Art, he has been hired by the San Francisco Chronicle and his works have been collected by many technology executives.
His robots are often travelers, sometimes through discontinuously pastoral landscapes, sometimes through space, and sometimes through time. Modeled, mainly, on toys from Japan, the robots have a vintage vision of nature and an out-of-time quality. He renders the images with visible brush strokes that transform them into something more realistic. His paintings now run into thousands and they can be found in many galleries throughout the world.