~ Joe Paquet ~ “This exhibition piece, “Sunset from Catalina”, was painted from an amazing, fleeting burst of light from Middle Ranch - something like looking off the edge of the world. I've had a long history of painting Catalina Island starting in 1997 as a guest artist with the Plein Air Painters of America.“ Joseph Paquet was born in 1962 in Patterson New Jersey to hard-working parents of immigrant stock. His childhood was one of being outdoors: wondering, wandering and day
dreaming. “It’s a great irony to now get paid for those things which got me into trouble when I was a kid," Joe says. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and credits artist-instructors John Foote, David Palladini, James McMullan with inspiring his deep love of drawing. Later he studied with John Phillip Osborne in Ridgewood, NJ and was introduced to the Prismatic Palette. "John opened a new world for me and set me on a path to painting outdoors - it was incredibly life changing”. Paquet's philosophy is one rooted in deep connection and sensitivity to his subjects. He says, "Because I work directly from nature, each painting is a chunk of my life - a piece of me and record of my experience on this earth."
2007 Invitational Best In Show ~ “Morning Light Crystal Cove”
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