Artist Statement
I have a poor memory. Childhood is hazy, so is yesterday. I cant count on recollection to inspire me. So I am drawn to music, Jazz music specifically. Jazz is immediate, raw and can be improvised. It is the improvisational spirit which inspires me. The movement, depth and abstraction are open to interpretation. I am fascinated by the visualization of sound and the ability of the viewer, to find their own meaning. It allows my focus to be on process rather than result, atmosphere rather than subject. These paintings are what I found. All those memory’s forgotten are down here somewhere. This is an attempt to find them or perhaps they are not lost just turned into something else. A song.
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Bio
Born in Amherst Massachusetts, Joseph studied at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and the S.U.N.Y. Purchase Visual Arts Conservatory in New York, from which point he moved to the west coast, and founded the JKS Gallery. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, and has been involved in many private commissions and public collections. Joseph has shown nationally for over ten years including New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Oregon, California and Washington. Joseph's style incorporates the movement and energy of jazz music, utilizing atmosphere rather than subject. His work is a fresh take on abstract expressionism with a knowing nod to the early masters. |
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