Joe Orr
About Joe Orr
Recording my visual experience with paint is my inspiration. Trying to record the way light moves across a form has never stopped fascinating me. For me, each painting is a visual account of the image in nature.
Because I was raised in the southwest, I am a labelled regional painter. Painting the light of the desert is a unique challenge because it is almost unfiltered by the atmosphere and the value and intensity of colors change from brilliant to “bleached out” in a remarkably short time. Painting on location in the desert, I learned I had to transcribe my instinctual reactions to the landscape quickly. To facilitate the immediacy of recording the seeing experience, I use a mobile studio fully equipped with all my painting tools and supplies. Some of the benefits of a mobile studio include being out of the elements, the avoidance of unwanted interruptions by curious onlookers, and the ability to paint larger.
https://joeorrfineart.com
Desert Wash, 9 x 12, Oil
Desert Color Sketch, 9 x 12, Oil
Rio Grande Valley Near Corrales, NM, 18 x 24, Oil
Open Studio Tour
About the Process
When I see something that moves me, I paint without analyzing why it moves me. I am inspired by the landscape, the human form, and the still life. When I paint the landscape, I generally drive out to a location in my mobile studio, park it, and begin looking. I paint in oils because the medium allows me to work on a painting for several hours, correcting and changing forms and shapes as the composition dictates. In my home studio, where I paint the figure and still life, I control the composition and the narrative. To dramatize my intent, I arrange the pose and objects, the setting and the light.
I try to paint everyday whether, inspired or not. Often, the process triggers the inspiration.
How to Purchase
Art can be purchased by check or cash payments made payable to Joe Orr. Art can be shipped after purchased, shipping and handling will apply and be collected on delivery.
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