About Joe Giuffrida

I lived for 11 years in the northern Catskill Mountains of New York, and this is where I began to paint in earnest. The barns, old farmhouses, and small towns captivated me and inspired me to pick up a paint brush and begin the journey. I try to capture the initial feeling that I get when looking at a scene for the first time. This can be a challenge because those impressions are often so fleeting, and can vanish before I have the chance to represent them on a canvas. My artistic sense seems to thrive in both an urban and rural setting where I am always looking for that initial impression to make itself known. When I fail to capture it, I continue on despite my failure and try to find an adequate representation of what lies before me on some adequate artistic level. I am primarily a landscape artist painting in acrylic and watercolor. I am fascinated with the three elements of color, value, and shape and how they can create a visual experience that will move the observer from the intellectual appreciation of art to the place of imagination and wonder. I am continually experimenting with style and method to make a connection between reality and imagination.

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