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Artist Exhibitions:
Paintings have been featured
in New Jersey at the Bergen
Museum
of Arts and Sciences,
Claudette Gallery, Kerygma
Gallery, Wilson
Gallery Art Show, Gate House
Gallery
Works also
Displayed in San Dieguito
Gallery (San Diego) and Pier
Side
Gallery (Florida). Awarded
best in show honors in the San
Diego
Art ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Let me just say that I have
sold hundreds of paintings
over the years. I'm going to
respect the privacy of my
clients and not list any
names. If you would like some
specific references in the USA
or Europe - please give me a
buzzz...Thanks!...
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Commissions:
Commissions are always
welcomed. I have fielded
dozens of specific requests.
One time I was even
commissioned to paint a
clients dream....I listened.
than sketched, then painted.
Anything is possible....
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Artist Statement for Joseph Porus
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As a boy growing up in New York City our family owned one original oil painting. I recall staring at that canvas and even more, running my hand over its surface -amazed that color was captured in the thickness and layers of the paint. The concept that color could have dimension never left me. A painting seemed to hold a special power that connected with the viewer like nothing else.
For years I believed artists were somehow "gifted". One day at 19, I bought my first art set to explore if there was an such gift in me. I found no gift, only passion that never cooled. I attacked art with brute force - and made every possible mistake 6 times. Over the years I read all the art books on the sheves and that lead to most of Leonardo's notebooks,cookbooks on techniques from all the old masters and more. I absorbed all their secrets on home ground pigments, black oils and glazing. I studied their techniques tirelessly and made them my own. Renoir or Rembrant - to me they are all leaves off the same tree. Funny, I never took a formal art lesson. Fundamentally I did not want to be taught from "the outside" and be influenced by even the most well meaning instructor. I still believe art is learned from "the inside out". Its a personal projection. My teachers continue to be my personal highlight reel of past masters.
I still fall in love with each new painting I start and the emotion they can conjur. I have focused on the sea for decades and the last few years I have wandered into portraits.
In so many ways ,Im still the little boy looking at the first oil painting with feelings of wonder!
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