Jo Sickbert (1935 - 2014) is a primitive painter of good times, happy times, and the simple pleasures of everyday life. She is a grandmother who lives in the midwestern region of the United States. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries across America, won several art competition awards and received widespread editorial publicity in local and national newspapers and magazines. They hang in private collections and museums throughout the United States, England, France, and Japan.

Corporate commissions include the Franklin Mint, Johnson Wax, AT&T, Suntory of Japan and others. Greeting cards have been commissioned by The National Trust For Historic Preservation, McDonalds and Caspari of New York and Switzerland. She has had over twenty five one person shows.