B & B For Sale
Watercolor
Nova Scotia Series
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
The "Wet Paint" image is a clue as to where I recently returned from and what's in the hopper as far as projects are concerned. I have three paintings paintings from Peggy's Cove , Nova Scotia sketched out in addition to the completed project above. One, Washed Up was just completed and posted to the Natural Landscape page and NYC Geometry I was likewise completed and posted to the Urban Landscape page. I have lots of material from New England and Canada to keep me busy! I also recently completed a commission for the Bee Cave Arts Foundation, entitled Bee Cave Sculpture Park for an upcoming campaign to create a sculpture park on the site of the old City Hall/Library. Check out the Bee Cave Arts Foundation web site at www.beecavearts.org.
On the art show front, I have installed a one man show at Blues Days Studio in Lakeway which will hang until January 26, 2012. You can get info on the show on the calendar page. Don't forget to check out the art blog at www..joeblanfordart.wordpress.com !
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
December 17 , 2011