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60+ years as an artist. As well, as a writer he has posted a few short stories, poems and essays in his Writings blog. Please have a
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Theme & Multiplication
The theme, only a part of this composition, could be theoretically multiplied infinitely smaller or larger. Acrylic on Canvas 84 cm x 91 cm / 1967
Orbits
The Universe is orbiting within and outside of its dimension that gave me the structure and colours, which are foundation of water and earth. Oil on Canvas / 91.4 x 121.9 cm / 2003 / Sold
Composition / 94
Interlocking patterns, composed. Oil on Wood Panel / 30.5cm x 40.6 cm / 1994
Clouds into Space #2
Earth, clouds, sky, space, orbits to the source of energy at centre. Oil on Canvas / 76 cm x 101 cm / 1993
Jeanine / Inward
Spatial painting, expressed with effective colours and depth, still representational in my development. Jeanine is reflecting on something while sitting. Oil on canvas board / 40 cm x 30 cm / 1959
Galaxy of Antares
A recreation of one of the many Galaxies that over a telescope have come to us. And what a firework with an amazing blue-sky ions of light-years away! Acrylic on canvas / 76.2 x 60.9 cm / 2004 .
Rouge Valley
Showing that glorious, colourful time of the year that was for an outing Jeanine’s favourite season.
Architectural Complex
Composition resembling architecture. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 55.8 cm / 1998
The Arrest
Composition with figures showing the arrest of Christ as told in the New Testament. Pen ink drawing / 1950 /
Flower Still-life
This is in colour a more subdued composition with minor emphasis on reality or the flowers themselves. Oil on canvas / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1961
Olga Neely / Kirkland Lake
At a Northern Ontario Exhibition in Timmins, they awarded me with three first prizes and sent the portrait of Ann Neely to Toronto’s National Exhibition. Both Portraits of the Neely’s remained with the family. Oil on canvas board / 60 cm x 40 cm / 1954
Robot, 1980
Imaginary construct of threatening automation. Air brush on paper / 1980
Sextet
Inspired by interwoven patterns of music by J.S. Bach. Six linear geometrical forms overlap as six instruments play different, non-conflicting melodies in space and time. Perhaps I was ready to shake off old restrictions but still keeping structure and composition. Oil on canvas board / 76cm x 55cm / 1958
Middle east Metamorphosis
In my painting, the middle part is showing an Egyptian Pyramid, intact millennia ago, under blue sky. To either side we see the presence, and over time the decay, of Greek and Roman structures. The dark, smoky clouded sky conveys the ongoing conflicts to this day in the Middle East. Oil on canvas / 55.8 […]
Fairy Castle
Our dreams like seen in a looking-glass that emerge every so often from dark, uncertain places. Oil on Canvas board / 76 cm x 63 cm / 1959
Trevor / 2010
Our grandson is almost six years old and looking forward to his school year. Portrait, Oil on Canvas / 40.4 x 30.4 cm / 2010 /Gifted
Angel with Trumpet
A page from Revelations in the New Testament. A Critic in an Ontario exhibition connected this painting to the poet William Blake. Oil on Canvas board / 51 cm x 40.6 cm / 1954
Pompeii’s Destruction
This rendering is a reflection on a long ago volcanic event in Pompeii. My interest in themes are becoming rather more Universal than Local. Oil on canvas / 70 cm x 81 cm / 1959
Vision Concentrated
Technology is transmitting everything to us in a small, concentrated space. Acrylic and tape on canvas / 81 cm x 96 cm, / 1967
Helmut / 1949
Portrait, the profile of my nephew, Helmut. Pencil on paper / 1949
Boat with Moon
A slightly romantic setting of distant past. Mod. Paste & Oil on Masonite / 69.8 cm x 49.5 cm / Sold
Festival Salzburg
Inspiration to this work is a result from listening to Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto with its gracious, majestic passages. By using warm colours that surface amidst meditative blues and violets and this semi-abstract rendering combines an architectural composition that has traces of Salzburg, Mozart’s hometown. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 81.2 cm / 1960
Red Mountains #1
Uprising rocks, caused by continental plates colliding, transmitting hot lava. Oil on Canvas board / 76 cm x 56 cm / 1959
Nude Sitting
Composition of a reclining woman. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 71 cm / 1966
Cataclysm
This composition depicting a natural disaster exposes the fear and angst of the living on our planet. Black and white heightens the drama. Black ink wash over pen drawing / 1953
Traunsee #2
Lake in the province of Salzburg, Austria. In the far distance, we see the mountain peak of Dachstein, 3000 metres high with its glacier. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 71.1 cm / 1985 / at Allan R.
Growth
The growth is in the gesture not in the simulation of everyday natural evolution. Oil on canvas / 66.0 x 55.8 cm / 1996
Rocky Mountains
The Canadian Rockies in the west. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 1985
Light Fading
The source of light in this landscape is uncertain. If anything, it seems to come from within. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 82.2 cm / 1998
Departure # 2 / 53
An old reoccurring theme. We depart daily from many things. This scene is set in a romantic pose, however as a painting in the middle of the 20th century it is rather modern. It was my Diploma work, done at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. The Board of Education, Vienna, purchased the painting in 1958 and I […]
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Kiss to you and all tout Family. Jacques Toulouse France
So wonderful to view your art, Joseph. We are long time fans of your work!
Dear Sandra, thank you so much for you gracious comment pertaining my Website.
Joseph
délicieux – wonderful – echt stoark…. 🙂
herzliche Gratulation zu all den optischen Genüssen + spannenden Geschichten,
viele Grüße aus der Steiermark,
mit großem Dank,
Michi
Did he know Joan wishire martel?
I am not sure, would have to ask my sister?