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“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” - Auguste Rodin
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I'm interested in life's little dramas. Using allegory and symbolism there evolves a suspension of disbelief. Drawing the viewer in and along a storyline. Tapping into the collective unconscious so the viewer forms their own personal narrative from the piece. I strive for a contrast between a calm and unease with a pensive quality. Feeling or capturing the instance.
Born in 1967 outside of D.C. in Prince George County, Maryland. Early life consisted of living in various places from the South Pacific to the West Coast before the family returned to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. While in high school he began taking courses at the Maryland College of Art and Design, participated in the Maryland Gifted and Talented Program and received the National Academy Achievement Award for Art. In 1990 he graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore with a BFA majoring in painting and sculpture. Soon after graduating Joe began working as a freelance mural artist which span over a time period of twenty years. Commissioned by museums, hospitals, restaurants, commercial developers, architects, designers and private patrons. During this time he has been feature in magazine and new paper articles as well as doing radio and TV interviews. In 1999, he fell under the spell of a Baltic snow princess and was bless by her hand in marriage in 2000. After a stent in the Midwest and three sons later he now resides and works in the warm breath of the Palmetto State.
Gallery Shows
Corporate Clients
2015
HART WITZEN GALLERY, NC
"Showdown", group show
2013
Gallery 22, NC
“In Search of Sustenance”, two person
Show
2012
GALLERY 22, NC
"Facets", group show
2012
GALLERY 22, NC
"Apocalypse", group show
2012
PROJECT ART AID, NC
"Queen City Soup ", ambassador artist
2012
HART WITZEN GALLERY, NC
"Showdown", group show
2011
PROJECT ART AID, NC
small works,
group show to benefit Nation Cancer Society
2011
MINT HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NC
group show
2011
MINT HILL GALLERY, NC
"The ART of Food", group show
2009
UNSEEN GALLERY
figurative painting, group show
2009
PROJEKT 30, IL
"Unreal" group show
2004
SCHOOL 33 ART CENTER, MD
open Studio exhibition
2003
The MONUMENT, MD
group show
2002
ZODIAC, MD
solo painting show
oil on canvas, figurative works
2002
BREWERS ART, MD
solo painting show
oil on canvas, figurative works
2000
PRISCILLA GALLERY, MD
group show,
contemporary figure
1998
PRISCILLA GALLERY, MD
group show, juried exhibition of
Mid- Atlantic artists
1996
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, MD
group show,
local artist retrospect
1996
THE BLACK PEARL, MD
group show,
works on paper
1995
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, MD
alumni exhibition
1995
DOUGHERTY'S, MD
two person show,
oil on canvas, landscape paintings
1995
MERIDETH GALLERY, MD
group show,
Baltimore Composers and Artist Project
1993
RESURGRAM GALLERY, MD
1st annual open exhibition
1992
THE ART ATTIC GALLERY, MD
group show,
small works show
1991
BROKERAGE GALLERY, MD
two person show,
oil on canvas, figurative works
io exhibition
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY
BALTIMORE FIRE MUSEUM
NATIONAL AQUARIUM IN BALTIMORE
FISHERMAN WHARF
MT ROYAL TAVERN
ST. PAUL'S BAPTIST CHURCH in BALTIMORE
ENOCH PRATT
MCCORMICK
BLACK & DECKER
CNN
ATLANTA TRASHERS HOCKEY
PRO IMAGE INC.,
EL MANANTIAL RESTAURANT
ELENI INTERIORS
MODEL HOME INTERIORS
CHRISTINE NICOLE PRODUCTIONS
MICHAEL’S INTERIORS
BUILDERS
BROOKFIELD HOMES
CENTEX HOMES
DRESS HOMES
K. HOVNANIAN
GREENTREE HOMES
HAVERFORD HOMES
D.R. HORTON
KB HOMES
LENNAR HOMES
MID ATLANTIC
MI HOMES
NV HOMES
MV HOMES
PATRIOT HOMES
PULTE HOMES
RYAN HOMES
RYLAND HOMES
WINCHESTER HOMES
ZARING PREMIER HOMES
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