Joe is self taught in pastels and oil, focusing his subject matter to wildlife and western art. "I tell people I am not so much self taught as I am self educated. I was born with the ability to draw, but as for the rest of it, color theory, values, edges, texture, composition, temperature and so on I had to acquire additional knowledge. Much of that knowledge came from studying art and artists of the past."
He has won numerous awards including the CM Russell auction's Ralph "Tuffy" Berg award for the most promising up and coming artist for 2009, along with best of show and people's choice awards at other events. He has paintings in collections throughout the country and has been represented by galleries in Jackson, WY, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Sun Valley, ID and Whitefish, MT.
