I am a "self taught" artist and I cannot remember a time I was not "creating" in one medium or another. I always "wanted" to ba an artist, though most of my life I spent pursuing more "stable" work. In 2000 I was introduced to Lapidary Arts and stone cutting and began working with beaded jewelry in 2002. This gave a form of art that I still am passionate about, yet I want to grow and try new mediums.

Recently I have realised that I need to create in one form or another, as artistic expression is like therapy to me. I never thought I could "live" as an artist without formal training, now I'm at a point where I can't live without being an artist.

I am currently experimenting with acrylic painting and digital mediums. Most of my work is abstract, as abstract art is what I have always been drawn to. When I go to a museum or gallery, I find myself staring at the abstract pieces just feeling the raw emotion flow from the pieces. That is what my painting is about, the raw emotion un-chained by conventional borders.

Lapidary and bead work will always be "in my blood", and I am sure the intense paterns you can find in stones will come out in my art no matter what medium I work in. They say that once you're a "rock hound always a rock hound" and I believe this is probably true.

You may notice some strange marks on the bottom right corner of my paintings, that is my initials in ancient runes. I have never liked my handwritten signiture, and have always been drawn towards the runic language, so it was only natural that runes became my "artist signiture".

I hope you enjoy looking through my portfolio.

Joseph