OIL PAINTING GALLERY | BROWSE JOE’S MOST RECENT PORTRAITS

Oil portrait of a young woman gazing upward with a stretched neck — Maryna

Oil on canvas, 24 x 12 inches, AVAILABLE

Oil portrait painting of a woman wearing a white hat and yellow blouse — Aleksandra

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches, AVAILABLE

Oil portrait painting of a mustached man wearing a hat — **Mustached Man in a Hat**

Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, AVAILABLE
Currently on display at the Nomad Gallery in White Rock, BC.

Oil portrait painting of a young woman's face — Kendra No. 2

Oil on canvas board, 16 x 12 inches - AVAILABLE
Available at the Nomad Gallery, White Rock, BC.

Oil portrait painting, a self-portait of the artist, a man wearing a baseball cap — Self-Portrait No. 2

Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, AVAILABLE

Oil painting portrait of a young woman smirking — Chloe

Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches, SOLD

Oil painting portrait of a young woman with a worried expression — Grace

Oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches, SOLD

Oil painting portrait of a young redheaded woman — **Jennie No.2**

Oil on canvas, 20 x 18 inches - SOLD

Oil painting portrait of a young woman's face with a ghostly shadow face behind — **Teri Portrait No. 2**

Oil painting on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, SOLD

Oil painting portrait of a Brazilian man smoking a cigarette and wearing a fedora — **Brazilian Man**

Oil on canvas, 18 x 12 inches, SOLD

Oil painting portrait of a young woman with a concerned expression — **Slaughtermelon**

Oil on Canvas, 16 x 12 inches, SOLD

The source photos for many of the portraits in this collection come from the Museum by Sktchy app. Favourite painting materials include Gamblin Oil Paints and the Strada Plein Air easel. Joe has been painting seriously as a self-taught artist since 2014 and has shown in many exhibitions around British Columbia from the Okanagan to the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island. Paintings often take a long time, many layers of oil and wax pressed together with a palette knife.

Joe began painting many different subjects such as landscapes and wildlife, but painted figures in portraits because he read that if you can paint a portrait you can paint anything. Capturing a likeness and skin tone can be difficult and unforgiving. Eventually, Joe switched to only painting portraits because he enjoyed it so much. And Joe ramped-up to paint a face a week during the COVID-19 lockdown while faces in public settings were covered with masks. Like art therapy.

Others have often remarked that portraits don’t sell well, but Joe has learned that an interesting painting will sell no matter the subject matter. The trick is to make the painting interesting enough to resonate with the audience.