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Joe
Mancuso
Some of Joe's earliest memories are camping trips to the
Eastern High Sierras and taking walks with his father down the railroad
tracks to the rabbit fields near his home. This was his wilderness as
a child and he credits his father for his early introduction to nature
and the outdoors. More »
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Saturday
Morning Los Olivos
by Joe Mancuso
14" x 18"
Oil
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Prelude
to a Summer Evening
by Joe Mancuso
16" x 20"
Oil
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Vineyard
Vista
by Joe Mancuso
24" x 18"
Pastel
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Evening
in the Valley
by Joe Mancuso
18" x 24"
Pastel
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Joe's first art instruction began early in school
when he would receive instruction on how to draw shadows on simple shapes
using only a pencil and paper. This really began Joe's enthusiasm for
drawing. One summer while visiting an art fair in Mammoth Lakes California
he came across some drawings by Helen Seal, a southern California artist.
The beautiful simplicity of her High Sierra sketches made a lasting impression
on the young artist. At that moment he says, "This was something
I knew I wanted to do." His mother recognizing his obvious enthusiasm
purchased one of her drawings, which still hangs in his studio. He admires
contemporary artists such as Clyde Aspevig, Matt Smith and T. Allen Lawson
as well as many others.
Joe is equally accomplished in oil and pastel and he is best known
for his dramatic lighting. He is greatly influenced by the changing of
seasons and weather, and
the more dramatic the weather, the more inspired he feels. "Light on the
landscape and the way it plays with and reveals its forms and color is extremely
seductive to me. Painting on location and in the studio is a way I can interact,
participate and respond to the magnificence in nature." Joe celebrates the
moods each season brings and he works on location often to accurately see and
capture the changing light.
Joe holds signature membership with the Pastel Society of America,
The Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters and The Pastel Society of the West
Coast. His work
has been published in the Pastel Journal’s “The Years Best” in
2004 and 2005. His collectors include film producer Lawrence Kasden and actor
Kevin Kneeland. His work has exhibited in the Napa Valley Art Museum and hangs
in private collections throughout the United States.
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