Joe G Paintings

Natural and Painterly 🌿 Light and Shadows 🎨 Mana and Impressions ✨
Artwork
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About Joe G

🌿 Nature is wonderful and mystical, but fleeting in our mechanical and digital age. So I paint to appreciate nature, and as a refuge from my high tech day job.🎨 My style is bold and painterly. I strive for the illusion of detail, je ne se qua, elements of the unknown, and leaving room for imagination.☯️ The philosophy of art is as important as the art itself. I like pondering the why's behind art and the artistic process.✨ I am particularly interested in the idea of Mana or the energy that permeates nature. Sometimes, I can capture this in a painting. Other times, the painting is just a reminder.⛰️ My preferred method is painting en plein air (painting outside). Magic the Gathering cards are also a big source of inspiration.🙌 My influences are my father Steve Guerra, Turner Vinson, Antonin Passemard, Ulrich Gleiter, Stuart Davies, Jose Trujillo, William Hawkins, Tiffanie Mang, Hester Berry, and Tara Will.
Experience
2019 - Started painting2020 - First painting en plein air2021 - Turner Vinson Summer and Fall Workshops - Montana, USA
2021 - Intersection Metamorphose Gallery Exhibit - North Carolina, USA
2021 - C3 Labs Coworking Space and Open Studios - North Carolina, USA
2021 - Antonin Passemard Workshop - Ravières, France
2021 - Bourgogne Art Galerie Group Exhibit - Ravières, France
2021 - Art Focus Holiday Miniature Show - Montana, USA2022 - Antonin Passemard Workshop - Domodossola, Italy
2022 - Turner Vinson Summer and Fall Workshops - Montana, USA
2022 - Turner Vinson Mentorship - Online2023 - Tara Will Mentorship - Online
2023 - Peggi Kroll Roberts Masterclass - Online
Materials
My preferences... right now. Always evolving. Sometimes, I emulate the impressionists with oil paints, bristly brushes, and traditional pigments.
Oil Paint | Utrecht, Gamblin, Winsor & Newton |
Colors | Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Titanium White |
Mediums | None. Straight from the tube. |
Brushes | Rosemary and Co Classic Filbert or Rounds 4-12 |
Knifes | RGM types 68, 103 |
Palette | 18x24 0.125-in glass (from the hardware store) or thin wood palette |
Easels | Yarka, homemade box on tripod, Klopfenstein PE101 |
Cleaning | M Graham Walnut Oil, Gamsol |
Panels | Ampersand Gessoboard, Michaels |
Canvases | Sunbelt Mfg Co |
Carriers | Raymar single width wet panel carriers |
Sometimes, I paint with gouache for easy traveling, fast drying layers, convenient cleanup, and smooth matte finish.
Gouache | Winsor & Newton, M Graham |
Colors | Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Yellow Ochre, Hansa Yellow, Titanium White |
Brushes | Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Round 12 and One-Stroke 1" |
Paper | Fluid Easy-Block Watercolor Paper Blocks, Arches 140lb or 300lb |
Palette | Strathmore Palette Paper or Masterson's Sta-wet Handy Palette |
Easels | Homemade box on tripod, Strada mid, any old table |
Cleaning | Water |
Contact
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Reuse prohibited without explicit written permission.