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About Joseph
Town: Newton
Type of art you’re involved in: Representational oil painting and drawing
How long have you been doing this?: I discovered I loved to draw as a child. Then I took every art class I could in high school and majored in art at Bethel College. For many years, I drove down to the Wichita Center for the Arts and took evening classes in drawing, pastel, watercolor and print making. When I started taking oil painting, I really got hooked on that medium. Later, I started going out of state to take workshops with painters I admired: Ray Roberts, Joseph Lorusso, David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw and Jeff Legg.
What do you like about your art?:
Art serves many valid purposes, such as portraying painful experience or injustice in the world. For me, it serves as a healing experience. When I'm painting, I'm enveloped in that world of concentration away from other concerns. When finished, I hope I have something to share of life's journey that is interesting and resonates for them as well.
Describe a memorable moment from your pursuit of art: I grew up here in Newton and in the country north of town on the Sand Creek. I find it particularly exciting, on nice days, to combine my love of being outside with painting from nature and local architecture. I also do commissioned paintings of a variety of topics but particularly of people's homes. I've had many memorable experiences while painting outdoors; from the feeling of embarrassment of having all my gear and painting blown over to just realizing that I've painted for hours and didn't have anything much to show for it. One experience that stands out was having my easel and paints all laid out with a nice view of Sand Creek and having someone rush up to announce, “I heard on the scanner that there is a body in the river!” Fortunately, that didn't turn out to be true, but I did have trouble concentrating after that.
More about Joseph:
Currently, I'm serving as director of the Carriage Factory Art Gallery and have my studio there as well. In the past, I've taught drawing in diverse settings, such as for introduction to children and at the maximum security prison at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. Right now, I teach oil painting or drawing as arranged individually at my studio.
Nominate someone Do you know a fine artist who deserves to be profiled? If so, contact wendy.nugent@thekansan.com or news@thekansan.com. Readers also may call the Kansan at 283-1500. The Kansan wants to profile a variety of artists, high school age or older, from dancers to vocalists to musicians and painters. Readers also are welcome to nominate themselves.
About Joseph
Town: Newton
Type of art you’re involved in: Representational oil painting and drawing
How long have you been doing this?: I discovered I loved to draw as a child. Then I took every art class I could in high school and majored in art at Bethel College. For many years, I drove down to the Wichita Center for the Arts and took evening classes in drawing, pastel, watercolor and print making. When I started taking oil painting, I really got hooked on that medium. Later, I started going out of state to take workshops with painters I admired: Ray Roberts, Joseph Lorusso, David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw and Jeff Legg.
What do you like about your art?:
Art serves many valid purposes, such as portraying painful experience or injustice in the world. For me, it serves as a healing experience. When I'm painting, I'm enveloped in that world of concentration away from other concerns. When finished, I hope I have something to share of life's journey that is interesting and resonates for them as well.
Describe a memorable moment from your pursuit of art: I grew up here in Newton and in the country north of town on the Sand Creek. I find it particularly exciting, on nice days, to combine my love of being outside with painting from nature and local architecture. I also do commissioned paintings of a variety of topics but particularly of people's homes. I've had many memorable experiences while painting outdoors; from the feeling of embarrassment of having all my gear and painting blown over to just realizing that I've painted for hours and didn't have anything much to show for it. One experience that stands out was having my easel and paints all laid out with a nice view of Sand Creek and having someone rush up to announce, “I heard on the scanner that there is a body in the river!” Fortunately, that didn't turn out to be true, but I did have trouble concentrating after that.
More about Joseph:
Currently, I'm serving as director of the Carriage Factory Art Gallery and have my studio there as well. In the past, I've taught drawing in diverse settings, such as for introduction to children and at the maximum security prison at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. Right now, I teach oil painting or drawing as arranged individually at my studio.
Nominate someone Do you know a fine artist who deserves to be profiled? If so, contact wendy.nugent@thekansan.com or news@thekansan.com. Readers also may call the Kansan at 283-1500. The Kansan wants to profile a variety of artists, high school age or older, from dancers to vocalists to musicians and painters. Readers also are welcome to nominate themselves.
