Joanna Carolan first came to Kauai'i in 1967.  She spent her summers and part of her teenage years living with her grandparents in Kapa'a.  She made Kaua'i her permanent home in 1991.

Joanna studied design at the San Francisco Institute of Design and Merchandising, watercolor painting at the University of California, Santa Cruz and ceramics in Sydney, Australia.  In 1991, Joanna founded Banana Patch Studio on Kaua'i where her art and designs are hand painted onto ceramic  tiles and pottery.

Joanna says, "My work is inspired by the Hawaiian culture and the the natural beauty of the Hawaiian islands."