Jokus
Profile
Hello I am Joke pronounced Yoka and you are Welcome at my Gallery
My Artist Name Jokus means, that my Art is signed with a Kiss (kus) from Me (Jo)
I live & work in The Netherlands but California is my second homeland the place where my Johnny is living. Photography is our both passion and we love to go for long photo shoots in nature, the beauty on Mother Earth is so very wonderful and its a great pleasure to share it with you all.
What fascinates me also is the story behind a photo, I always want to know more about a place, an object, etc. Most of the time I do a search on the internet for more information! I’m so surprised to see that the photo really comes to life when you know something about it!
Enjoy the writings behind my photos it gives you also the chance to learn more about me the photographer!
Wish you a Happy Day and Take Care Joke ;-)
Blessing of Spring, My First SALE
Featured on HomePage! December 21, 2008
Quiet Evening Winner of Your Most Beautiful Stream Image, Oct 12, 2009
Baby Sushi Winner of The Most Beautiful Kitty Card, Oct 2-2009
Round & Round Higher & Higher Winner of Fairs, Carnivals or Circuses in your Community Sept,5, 2009
Sunset Horse Riding Winner of June Avatar 2009 in Horse and Rider
Mirror of the Tower Winner of Reflections…..of any kind! June 6, 2009
Holland in Spring Winner of Time for a song!! June 1, 2009
Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen Winner of Sunset Mania! May 19, 2009
A Sea of Red Winner of Let’s Find Something Red! June 21, 2009
A Sea Of Red Winner of Special R Challenge! May 17, 2009
Hummingbird on Ocotillo Winner of Spring in Bloom! April 28, 2009 
Happy Spring Winner of Spring Challenge! April 25, 2009
Spring Feelings Winner of Best of T Challenge! March 30, 2009
Groups
Jokus is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Yellow Gallery, ! 100% !, " ' Too Bright ' ", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, *Amazing Orton Effect* - Limit 3/day , *Focus and Lighting*, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), 2-a-week, 4 Winners Only, A Garden somewhere....., A Place To Call Home, Abstracts from Nature, After Dark, All About Boating, All About Flowers, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Around the Styles, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All Pets Great and Small, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All the Fun of the Fair, All things in the Natural World, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Alphabet Soup (Letter L), Alternative Christmas Images, Amateur Photographers' Association, AMERICA's National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat, AMERICAN PATRIOT, American Southwest , AMERICAS NATURAL WONDERS, Animal Kingdom, Arachnids, Architecture and cityscapes, Arizona, Art Inspired by Dreams, Artistic Libation ~ Spirits In Art, As Is, Atmospheric Optics, Austria, B&W - Character - People Shots, Beach Art, BEAUTIFUL BELGIUM (Belgie, Belgique), Beautiful ~ 1 submission per 24 hours, Bee & Wasp Passions, Beginner's Expressions, Benches, Best Treatment, Big Cats, Bird's Eye View, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Buddha, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Cacti and other Succulents, California Sound , Candid Photography, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Canon Vs Nikon (1 per day!), Capital cities of the World , Cards: Best of Your Best, Castle Magic, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Challenge Café, Childhood, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Colors of Water, Colour and light, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Cottage Style, Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Dandelions, Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Descriptions, Digital Abstracts & Patterns, Digital Photography, Dilapidated Buildings, Dimensions, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Domestic Art - [2/24, NO PEOPLE, PETS, or FLOWERS. INSIDE shots only.], DSLR Users Only - 1/24 - Camera & Lens In Description Please., Dutch Touch, Ebony and Ivory, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Everyday Life, Everything Winter, Extraordinary Fractalius - 3/day, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, FEATURED ONLY, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, First Things, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), For the love of Canon - 2 Images per day with type of Canon camera used, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Forests, Freedom to Shine, Fungilicious, Funny Kritters, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Good News Group - Sharing & Caring, Green!, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Historic Landmarks of Europe, History, Horizons, Horse and Rider , Human and Nature, Hummingbirds of the World, I Love Birds, Iberia , Icy Cold, If it doesn't belong, ImageWriting (2/24), In the Pink 50% pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Italy and all Things Italian , JPG Cast-Offs, Just Brown, Just Butterflies, Kittens!, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape Photography, Las Vegas & Nevada, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Live and Let Live, Live, Love, Dream: , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Made In Digital, Mandala, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Masterpiece: Photography, MASTERS OF THE SCENIC, Medieval Living History, Mills & Mines, Mixed Media, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains Across the Globe, National Parks of the World, Natural Textures, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Neon Heaven, Night Photography, Nostalgic Art and Photography, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Only Orchids!, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Out of the Past, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, Pelicans, People and Portraiture Photography, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photographers of Redbubble (2 per 24hr, Camera info added before it will be accepted!!), Photography Fun, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Playful Photogenic Animals, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Point and Shooters, Portugal, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), Public Art, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Redfield Plugins, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Reflectivity, Requiem, Respectful Retrievers, Rivers and Streams, Rocks and Stones, Room With A View, Rural Around The Globe, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, San Francisco, Scenery, SEA, Seasonal 'Scapes, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Sets of Two, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shifting Sands, Shots in the Fog, Silhouette, Simple by Design, Simply White Artwork Gallery - 95% White !, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Spiritual Art, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Statues and Such, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sunflowers, Sunrise, Sunset, Tabby Time ~ 3 per day, That One Great Shot, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Beauty of the European Waters, The Birds, The Compact Group *ONE* per day with *camera details please*, The Dutch Connection, The FENCE group, The Fine Art of Photography, The Graphic Room-Graphic and Digital Art, The Greatest View in the World, The Patchwork , The Scavenger Hunt, The true beauty, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Transport, Travel and Adventure, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Tulips, Unique Buildings Of The World, United States, Vanishing Points, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Weekly Theme Challenges, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Windows and Doors, You're Accepted, Your Country's Best (2 images per day), Your Magic PLACE, Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required) and à EUROPA!.
Journal Entries
MY FIRST SALE
Posted about 1 month ago, 34 comments so far.
Challenges Win, Featured Art & Top Tens!!!
Posted 4 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Winner of "Time for a song" & "Reflections.....of any kind" And Much More
Posted 4 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Winner of Sunset Mania & More
Posted 5 months ago, 8 comments so far.
Winner of the The Best of R Special Challenge & More
Posted 5 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Featured and Top Ten Works
Posted 5 months ago, 12 comments so far.
Winner of Spring in Bloom Challenge in Country Bumpkin and More!!!
Posted 6 months ago, 14 comments so far.
Winner Of SPRING Challenge in Rural Around The Globe ;-)))
Posted 6 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Features, Top Tens and Featured Member of the last two weeks!!!
Posted 6 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Weeks Ending and going on Holiday to California
Posted 7 months ago, 12 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Fallen but not Forgotten
Association for Adopting Graves at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. Paying a tribute to the many young service-members who gave their life for our freedom, and making certain that th…
Freedom
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. (Quote by Thucydides an Ancient Greek historians and author, 460-404bc)
Dutch Landscape
The period from 1650 and 1675, which saw the maturity of the artists Saloman van Ruysdael and Jan van Goyen was the great age of Dutch landscape painting. Landscapes had initially been painted as b…
Artis Royal Zoo in the heart of Amsterdam
Artis, the oldest zoo in the Netherlands, founded in 1838, shows its historical character even before you walk through the gates: two golden eagles are perched proudly atop the main entrance. People e…
Mudflat Hiking
Mudflat Hiking (Wadlopen) / Is a recreation enjoyed by Frisians, Dutch, Germans, Danes, and others in the Netherlands, northwest Germany and in Denmark. Wadlopers are men and women who, with the aid o…
African Savanna in California
Giraffe Exhibit / Head and Shoulders Above the Rest! The Living Desert’s family of reticulated giraffes are here! Now reaching maturity in 2006, these 5 year olds stand almost 16 feet tall. B…
