This trajectory of influences has been distilled and coalesced into a personal vision of abstract painting. The mood engendered is one of laconic thought, unequivocally expressing strong and deeply felt emotions, perilous reflection, in tumultuous and visceral recollection, architectonic simplicity that hides within it a deeply felt hermetic passion, a mood of dark quietism - a contemporary mysticism that is genuine and unselfconscious, an acutely felt dialectic on the nature of external and internal verities.

"Tumultuous Silence" 2000 Kevin Costello

He may be in his 80s, but his mind is young and fresh. Fearlessly, Tom Joyce paints the visions of his mind's eye. It's a highly evolved thing to do.

Marty Fugate , Art Speak, Sarasota Observer, August 24, 2006

"Sarasota Artist Finds Creative Voice Late In Life" ...demonstrates a significant transcendence of influences...has arrived at a clear and
authentic voice.

Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Tribune, August 6, 2006

“BIG Exhibit Presents Big Ideas in Local Art" --Tom Joyce, one of the area's most subtle abstractionists, makes painting as a reflective pool for the psych...Deeply influenced by the aesthetics of Japanese art.

Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 22, 2006

Tom Joyce...creates quietly seductive works that invite introspection as well as tactile tension.

Mark Ormond, About Art, Pelican Press, December 22, 2005

...while he strives for harmony and balance in his work, he is not adverse to accepting discord as a predominate element. There is a minimal quality to his work that seems informed by the restraint of certain abstract expressionist painters he admires. Joyce also ascribes to the Asian belief that less is more and “what is not perfect can have more value”...ideas that interest Joyce such as simplicity, revelation and the harmony of discord.

Greene Contemporary Catalog, August 5-29, 2006