Never let reality stand in the way of a good painting. This has been Joseph’s goal for the past twenty years as he has struggled with the challenging medium of watercolor. He wants people to get an emotional response from his paintings and sketches and to be charmed and surprised by his interpretation. He loves to work outside in the beautiful Southern California sunshine, trying to commit to paper the sensations he experiences, in order to offer that to you.

He has produced paintings for a number of Pasadena events, including the Bungalow Heaven Annual Tour, the Colorado Street Bridge Party, the Pasadena Showcase House of Design, the California Art Club Artists for Architecture Painting Project, the Pasadena Symphony and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra.

His work has also been on the covers of a variety of publications including Pasadena Magazine, a book series published by the Historical Society of Southern California, and the Lost and Found Series by Many Moons Press. In 2001 a book of his sketches entitled Pasadena Sketchbook was published. The second edition was just published in October of 2008. A collection of sketches of the University of Redlands entitled Redlands Sketchbook was published in 2007. Walter Foster Publishing published Expressive Color, a painting instruction book, in August of 2008.

He is a popular demonstrator around Southern California and is a regular teacher at Holbein’s Art Event in Vermont and the Learning and Product Expo in Pasadena, California.

You can see his work at Galerie Gabrie in Pasadena, Segil Fine Art in Monrovia, Chemers Art Gallery in Tustin and on his web site: www.JosephStoddard.com