Joseph Lopez

medium: painting

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Charles Bridge, Prague 2002 Painting	John and Julie 2001 Painting	Morning Table 2001 Painting
Still Life with Book 2002-03 Painting	Still Life with Pomegranate 2003 Painting	Street Scene, Prague 2002 Painting
Sunflowers 2000 Painting	The Dance 2001 Painting	Verde 2003 Painting
Yellow Vase 2003 Painting

Contact information
622 N. Fourth Ave.
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Email Address: artistlopez@yahoo.com
Web site: www.cupofcolor.com

Artist statement
Each oil painting relies solely on my efforts.

I desire pure color. To achieve this, I mix into my paints nothing more than a single agent. This keeps the color from changing as a result of too many additives. A single vehicle allows the paint to flow on smoothly, keeping colors uniform as I mix them. I use a variety of brushes, but most of them are soft and rounded. This helps not only with the placement of color, but allows for the curved, flowing lines that are needed.

My subject matter consists of still-lifes and figures. Music and dance have a great influence on my pieces. I have the need for simplicity and the beauty of fluid movement. My paintings try to express the visual equivalent of a great piece of music or a poem. Every painting is a moment and, at the same time, a part of a larger body that is the piece.

Every brush stroke, every line, comes from necessity. They know where they need to be on the canvas. Intuition and instinct are what I follow.

Biography
Selected commissions:
National Tree Campaign
Help of Door County charity auction               
Selected collections:
Ed Garvey, Madison, WI
Dr. Zelko, Hilo, HI
Katerina Zeravikova, Czech Republic
Bohdana Slezakova, Czech Republic
Bryan Ball, Utah
Mary Bednarowski, Minneapolis, MN

Bibliography:
"Coloring Outside the Lines-Newer Art Forms Slowly Finding a Place in Door County,"
Door County Advocate, July 4, 2000, pg. 6
"Artist Joseph Lopez, A Call for Color," Door Voice, Vol. 5, No. 5, pg. 1

Current employment: R. Charlie Lyons

Current gallery representation: Fine Line Designs, Ephraim, WI; Paint Box Gallery, Ephraim, WI; and Gills Rock Stoneware, Naples, Florida