Le Sentier des Amoureux
Watercolor
22 X 15
$825
Welcome!
Within this website I hope to provide the visitor with a sense of what I am attempting to communicate through my paintings and sculpture. For me, art is a journey.
I subscribe to the theory that life is measured not in the number of breaths one takes but in the moments your breath is taken away. I have been fortunate in that I have had the opportunity to encounter, first hand, so many sights that impacted me personally. My art attempts to share those moments and, if they impact you on some emotional level as well… then I have achieved some measure of success.
I work primarily in oil and watercolor but occasionally will do two dimensional work in acrylics. In terms of subject matter, I look for shapes, color and narrative that interest me more than any particular genre'. Tour this web site and you might see urban as well as traditional landscapes, still life and figurative studies. Most of my work is representational but, occasionally, a shape or color will capture my attention and I will manipulate, de-construct and reassemble the image until it only hints at the original. Again, art is a journey.
If you see something you like, double click for a larger view. Double clicking the larger image returns you to the page you left. Feedback is always appreciated (see the Contact page). Keep in mind that the website is only a small sample of my inventory. Contact me directly if you have an interest that the website does not address. Let me know if you would like to be added to my quarterly e.mail update list where I announce upcoming shows and let interested parties know about current projects.
I also have an art blog that tracks current projects from inspiration to completion. You can log in at www.joeblanfordart.wordpress.com or simply click the icon to the left. As each painting is completed, I will move it from the blog to the top of this page.
Update
I have several watercolors nearing completion and should be posting new paintings over the next week or two. The Wet Paint section above features Le Sentier Amoureux from my visit, last fall, to a number of locations in Canada. This particular scene was inspired by the Cavendish home of author Lucy Maud Montgomery on Prince Edward Island. My art blog includes a write-up on the genesis of this project. The third painting of my Nova Scotia series,Low Tide, has been posted to the General Landscapes page and was recently accepted for the upcoming Texas Watercolor Society's 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition in San Antonio where it received the President's Award.
Another painting, Mykonos Porch, was juried into the 46th Richardson Civic Art Society Regional Art Show. I will also be painting on site, in oils, on May 18 at the new Whole Foods store in the Galleria in Bee Cave, Texas. Whole Foods is graciously donating 1% of proceeds on this day to the Bee Cave Arts Foundation. I encourage you to come out and support this event. Details for all these events are posted on the Calendar page of the web site.
Finally, check out the Art Links page and visit Seven Arrows Gallery in Woodland Park, Colorado where a number of my paintings currently hang.
Joseph Blanford
May 14 , 2012