Welcome from Joseph Alexander

I am drawn to powerful relationships between shadows and lights, and to delicious, rich colors following transitions from darkness into luminescence. I love the liquid flow of fabric pouring into folds and creases, and most of all silky radiance scattered across the rich diversity of skin tones. I enjoy the way tiny changes in the folds surrounding a person's eyes can drastically alter their story.

 

For me, there is no work of art that engages my emotions and captures the human essence quite like an oil-painted portrait. A well-done portrait brings the living spirit of its subject into your presence. It is more than skill; it is the synthesis of life, of knowing, of experience. When I begin to feel your presence in your portrait, I know I am doing what I was meant to do.

 

My artistic objective is to create a few paintings in my life that do these things so well that when you turn a corner or pass through a doorway and see them for the first time, they take your breath away.