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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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Lake Rousseau Cottage
Back to the Impressionists for one more self-evident aesthetic view. Oil on canvas / 61 cm x 76 cm / 2004 / Sold
Forms in Space
Layers of flat planes with openings that are ascending and descending endlessly. Oil on Canvas board / 71cm x 51 cm / 1959
Mountaineer
no comment – oil on canvas
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
Creation
This painting is the introduction to the Series “The element: CREATION”. It simulates the Big Bang theory. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ Air brush on canvas / 96.5 x 76.2 cm / 1969 / Gifted to Grandson
Composition / Hard Edge
This Hard Edge painting consists of various shapes and colours that are in contrast to each other, as I hope in a creative manner. Acrylic on canvas / 121.9 x 60.9 cm / 1968
St. John’s, Nfld.
A back lane in the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland showing the Atlantic Ocean and colourful houses. This route was familiar to our son Allan who finished his studies at the University. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 1996 / sold
Poppies in Vase
Showing the contradiction between the healthy poppies and the smoking cigarette in the ashtray. Oil on Canvas board / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1992
Transition / Sketch
A sketch to a later painting with the same title. Showing a figure entering a different sphere. Pen drawing on paper / 21 cm x 28 cm / 1979
Foundry
Tribute to my hometown Eisenerz, Austria, where the Romans mined for iron, then the locals since the 8th century. I was also thinking of Hamilton, Ontario iron works. Oil on Canvas / 86 cm x 91 cm / 1966 / Sold
Subject Enclosed
Must leave it to the viewer to feel if anything encloses anything. ? Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 55.8 cm / 1960
Transition
In the past, the image of a sower in the fields expressed the change (transition) from a seed to a fruit in one way or another. This painting shows a sower in his movement, spreading the seed, in the present, moving towards the timeless future, in which we don’t know what he will reap. Oil […]
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
Lookout
no comment – airbrush on paper – 1988
Eisenerz / Oswaldi
View of my hometown Eisenerz with Oswaldi church from the 12th Century. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
Ring Nebula
Painted from an image taken through a telescope. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 50.8 cm / 2001 / not for sale
Nude Sitting
Composition of a reclining woman. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 71 cm / 1966
Stretching and Yawning
In my last three Hard Edge paintings before the decade of the sixties ended, I refrained from geometrical straight lines and employed open, loose forms. After finishing this canvas, the central ‘figure’ suggested the comical title. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff Structure. Acrylic on canvas / 121.9 x […]
Mountains, air brush
At sunset in the mountains. Air brush on paper / 38 cm x 48 cm / 1989
Lake in Britain
Another cultivated landscape that came to my attention, so pastoral and different from Canadian or American lake views. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 80. 2 cm / 1993
Lost Civilisation
At Angkor Wat, once again, my fascination of ancient empires as in “Lost Civilisation” at Cambodia of Khmer people, who were followers of Buddhism and ancestor-spirit worship. The monumental architecture with inserted sculptured portraits is most distinctive. Acrylic on Canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2000
Sea Vortex
Undersea activity, noticed from my own dimension. Oil on canvas / 81 cm x 71 cm / 1998
Symphonic Sound
Aside from a suggestive presentation of the Orchestra with a variety of instruments, there is no recognizable image of the concert hall. I replaced the actuality of the hall by waves of sounds, envisioned with colours and patterns that fill the space with melodious music. Oil on canvas / 81.2 x 96.5 cm / 1997
Erzberg #2
Iron Ore Mountain, 1465 metres, at Eisenerz, Austria, my hometown where I was born. The red-brown shades of colours against the blue sky have attracted many painters to capture that contrast. Oil on Masonite / 76.2 x83.8 cm / 1965
Night Life
Vibrant colours and energy of night. Oil on Cardboard / 35 cm x 46 cm / 1964
Tidal Wave
Study of a large wave in the sea. At a time when nature displays its might. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2cm / 1995 / Gifted
Landscape / air brush /88
Road going to a bright sky on the horizon. Air brush on paper / 30 cm x 40 cm / 1988
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.
Salzburg – Jedermann # 1
Grandiose view of old Salzburg with the fortified Castle in the background. Below the Cathedral at left a stage is erected. They perform since the 1920’s every summer the play “Jedermann” by Hofmannsthal. (Everyman) Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 66.0 cm / 1987 / sold
River in Woodland
Landscape seen from birds-eye view. Representational in a broad sense. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 91.4 cm / 2005
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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?