Joe G.

Work samples

In the Studio with Joe Germershausen

video by Keeley Smith
Image mash

36"x72" collage -canvas, wood, found materials, concert posters.
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photograph (U-Haul Window)
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photograph (Mud House -Charlottesville VA)

About Joseph

Anne Arundel County Baltimore City Baltimore City Highlandtown AE District

Artist member of Artists' Housing Inc. East Baltimore artist co-op.(over 20 years) Studied painting at The Brooklyn Museum Art School with Kendall Shaw. Studied painting with Dan Dudrow at MICA. Studied with Enrique Montenegro (painting) & Ron Cubbison (Teaching Assistant in Lithography) Towson.

Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship for painting (Brooklyn Museum Art School).

High School Art Teacher for AACPS for 20 plus years.

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Germershausen 11/2-11/23 2024 Gallery 1448 -part 1

Paintings exhibited November 2024 at Gallery 1448

The majority of these paintings were created in 2023 & 2024, however some of the canvases were reworked from a previous existence. All work was done with acrylic, oil, cold wax applied with painting knives. Areas of the paintings were taped to create linear & geometric shapes.

Inspiration came from thinking about artists I have admired & by being aware of the environment I experience daily -from urban buildings, shadows, structures. Things seen but not always noticed.

"The Guests-for Leonard Cohen"

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"yellow rectangle"
Red for Mark Rothko -Kim's painting
I Love a Parade
Fences Make Good Neighbors
Call Me Mr. Blue
"Work in Progress -Lori's painting"
"Interior -Liz's painting for Kat""
"Mondrian's Last Dance"
"Green -Kim's painting"

Germershausen 11/2-11/23/2024 -part 2

work completed in 2023 & 2024 shown at Gallery 1448

Scott's Painting
Portal
Patty's #2
On the Ledge
Kini's Painting
c'mon Gibby for Andrew
Fireflys
Dark and Stormy
Cosmos
Betsy G.

MONOPRINTS

A series process based monoprints.

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monoprint#7

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monoprint#6

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monoprint#5

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monoprint#4

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monoprint#3

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monoprint#2

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monoprint#1

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paintings 1974-2023

Paintings currently in progress or completed the past few years. These works are mixed media -combining materials & processes. The process reveals the final work -& no work is ever truely complete.......

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mixed media 38"x38" (2023) (oil stick, acrylic, oil, wax on canvas. processes: drawing, painting, printmaking. This work will be shown in the AACPS "Teacher as Artist" exhibit at the AACO Board of Education in Annapolis (Feb/March 2023).

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"...& so it goes"

Oil on Canvas 36"x48" (2022) mixed media. Processes -drawing, painting, printing. This work was shown at Gallery 1448 in Sept.2022 featured in a show at Gallery 1448 "& so it goes" 9/3/22-9/25/22. The work currently hangs in my living room.

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mixed media 24"x36" -2 panels (2023) I started a colorfield series -using crushed pastels & wax medium. ....more to come
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mixed media 24"x36" (2023)
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mixed media on arches watercolor paper (29"x41") 2022. experiment with monoprint & drawing/painting processes.
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mixed media on canvas @36"x48" (2005-2022) This work has been in process for over 15 years & has seen several twists & turns in its journey. It will find a home in my granddaughter's room in Sacramento CA.

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mixed media on panel @22"X18" exhibited at Gallery 1448 September 2022. This work is part of a private collection.
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"Elephant in the Room" -mixed media on panel @30"x18" This work is part of my sister's collection in Charlottesville VA,
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"Rooftops -Canton Ohio" oil on canvas (1974) @48"x36" Painting was based on a photograph of Canton Ohio rooftops in the Sunday news magazine.

"Landscapes"

experiments in pushing paint mixed with wax on various surfaces

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small abstract works

I like to have several small works in process as a way to jump start ideas for more sustained larger works. These works hang around until someone wants one -they are always subject to change!!!!

cylburn photos -nature

iphone photos taken at Cylburn

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drawn from life

figure drawings -a large part of my artistic practice is to draw from the figure. I coordinate the Saturday morning Life Drawing sessions offered through the Creative Alliance, & also host weeknight sessions in my studio at 1450 E Baltimore st. I have been involved in this practice for over 30 years & the drawings are sketchbook size & larger. They represent & document that 30 + year journey.

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12"x18" black marker on paper
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continuous line contour -reclining figure 1 black marker on paper 12"x18"
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10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper

Cut Ups

mixed media works on paper -start out as experiments with mark making on a large sheet of watercolor or other heavy paper & then cut up into smaller compositions.