Finding Inner Peace

Medford, NJ - United States

Many thanks for selecting this painting as a Feature in our group, Colette - all the best to you my friend!! . ........Joe

Medford, NJ - United States

Dear Clotilde,..I am more than blessed to have you as a fellow artist, and more importantly as a Friend. Your words have again moved me - I am Honored to know you. Thank you for that heartfelt comment dear one. ........Joe

Providence Village, TX - United States

Reading your comments and the answers to them makes me appreciate you so much more Joe, you are not only a master artist but also a man with a big heart, you make us feel always so special! Thank you Joe for being such a wonderful person. Every time I see your paintings I find them more and more special...Clotilde

Taos, NM - United States

Absolutely great artwork. All your work is great!

Medford, NJ - United States

Thank you so very much, my dear friend. You always make me feel Special. All the best,.....ALWAYS! . .......Joe

Smithfield, VA - United States

Joe, This is beautiful & meaningful. I can understand why you have a long list of admirers.You have touched our hearts. I will come back to study this painting more. It is so gorgeous. I wish the best for you, Joe, always.

Maui, Ha - United States

Aloha Joe, your beautiful work always speaks to my heart. It is wonderful to see the stately Saguaro silhouetted with the brilliant colours of a sensational desert sunset. I love how the woman's hair is blowing in the breeze, his wonderful headdress and their marvelous facial features. This piece is extraordinary, it is deeply spiritual and so multi-dimensional. And all one would really need to do is read this amazing commentary Bruce Combs has published here in his comments as he expresses his enlightened interpretation of your creative vision so eloquently and so perfectly. Beautiful and powerful work my friend.

Hicksville, NY - United States

Bold, vibrant, and touching. This is great artwork Joe. Thank you very much for commenting on my Self - Reflection photo.

Chicago, IL - United States

Joe, I am humbled that you took the time to comment on my work... Much appreciated.. You portfolio is exquisite! Amazing vision! Thanks for sharing .... Kind regards, Zannie

Olympia, Wa - United States

Joe, I am one of the multitudes that admire your work. Because of that I am humbled by your comments on my work. I thank you for taking the time. Now, if you could just tell me how I tell the difference between the good stuff and the other I would be set. Thanks! Dale

Medford, NJ - United States

Thanks Sandi,...Thanks Natalie,..you both always make me feel special - much love! . .....Joe

East Brunswick, NJ - United States

Wonderful work, Joe! Congratulations! All the best!

Glenview, IL - United States

One word for you Joe - unbelievable. Everything else has been said above.

Port Severn, On - Canada

Joe, I love the title, the work, the colours and the spirit of this piece ... this is definitely a fave as I love the Native American art and yours is really a standout - all of your work is wonderful !!

Palatine, IL - United States

Wonderful work !!!

Tacoma, WA - United States

Hi Joe, thanks for your comments on my work! Love your style...you're definitely a colorist!

Richmond, BC - Canada

great work

Medford, NJ - United States

Emily, you inspire me to be more. Thank you for your wonderful comment on this painting - it means a lot to me. ........Joe

Ashburnham, MA - United States

Thank you for entering this piece in my Signs of Peace contest! It is my favorite entry. I love those bright colors.

Medford, NJ - United States

Thanks Ann, thanks Joe - sure is nice to have friends like you! .......Joe

Littleton, CO - United States

Congrats on your sale of a print of this wonderful painting, Joe. I find it really profound, as I do your other works. Great stuff! -- Joe.

Livonia, Mi - United States

Congratulations on the sale of this wonderful painting, Joe!

Medford, NJ - United States

Many thanks Sofanya! I am inspired and blessed by your comments on my work - thank you. .........Joe

Carmel, CA - United States

Your paintings...your Creativity....your Vision is truly moving...

Sacramento, CA - United States

all of your pictures are wonderful so its hard to pick which one i like the best.

Gateshead, Ty - United Kingdom

An interesting painting. A double one really, with the chief and his clothes showing his environment. Nicely composed.

Lake Country, BC - Canada

A beautiful piece of art! Thank you for your recent comments on my work. Added this as a favorite and included you on my Watch List.

Mission, TX - United States

Your paintings are so beautiful ! I like this one in particular, "Finding Inner Peace", it is very unique in style with brilliant colors. The sun setting in the background with the silhouette of cactus reminds me of home. Very nice.

Ibiza - Spain

Joe, thank you so very much for your kind commnets on my work.... suprisingly you chose a pencil drawing, when Colour is so important in your work. A Fascinating collection; I especially enjoyed reading your statement. I love this one but I find all your work intriguing. It is refreshing and very original. The fact that your subject matter is also of interest to me personally, and as you say "it chose you", is thrilling. Great work! :-) Lizzy

Medford, NJ - United States

Brother Bruce,...I am at this moment so filled with emotion. I can not begin to tell you how you have touched my soul, my spirit and for that matter,........my life. Thank you, you have truly expressed with your words -- what I was feeling while painting "Finding Inner Peace". You my brother, are one of the like hearted. ........Joe

Williamsburg, VA - United States

(Continued) And here, in this painting descriptively named a state few of us can even imagine: FINDING INNER PEACE. One man embodies in his breast, in his very heart, earth, sun and sky, one image unifying either/both the birth of a day, the setting sun ending a day -- and radiates this outward for all to see and feel, if they will. I think that his face, his eyes (the windows of the soul, according to one tribe's sayings) express both his own speechless wonder-full awe and an urgent need to express it, to communicate, to be understood. Perhaps, I woud say, part of that wish to communicate involves the idea that each individual -- whatever, wherever, however we live and do -- each human being must achieve that inner peace if s/he is to live in peace among members of a family and on up the scale: neighbor to neighbor, state to state, and finally, country to country. Oh but somewhere in there I left out all animals; that is, all living creatures; and all beautiful or potentially becoming so, rocks, waters, in short, peace without the body for peace within, and then vice verse, radiating it out, which is automatically a part of inner peace, I would guess. But to return from my personal rambling to Joe's painting: I absolutely cannot imagine being face-to-face in a room with even one of them! Let alone several at once! And just look again at all the comments above: how most that anyone can express beside abstract superlatives is their own feelings, their own inner reactions, how the painting touches them deeply within. Many of us, as we turn a page or walk away, will never be quite the same. Isn't that the greatest achievement an artist, in any medium, can strive and hope for?

Williamsburg, VA - United States

How have I missed this! What a masterpiece! And how can I add to these many expressions of praise and appreciation above? Especially I find Charles speaking my feelings about the painting, and so much of your work -- well, all of it! And Ingrid's that it would be a great Meditation piece. For, most of all, I was awe-struck, dazed, humbled, speechless by the radience of the whole painting. It was a while before I could begin to speak of it, to sort out and study and marvel at various elements of it. Which soon I realized was not only an impossibility for me but a misguided and only frustrating task -- was somehow simultaneously a blind and endless journey toward "explaining" -- toward even TOUCHING through analysis the spiritual splendor you have created here, Joe, and to some extent in all your works, I think, whether of bears or warriors or anything or any situation you have undertaken. For I believe you know, feel, experience in your guts, as very few of us people ever have, that there only is ONE situation. And your animals may achive it -- the raven -- ah! the bison, perhaps most of all the many bears: How when taken as a whole, as one symbol, they range from a superficial, a surface only skin deep of joyous clowning to their fierce and terrifying fury in their walk, their glare, in all their shouting body language! And the spirits embodied in your animals and in all your ultra-determined human figures (rather, mostly human faces and torsos), I think radiate this urgent unity, an unspeakable indescribable oneness, even from photos of them second hand on the internet. (Whoops! Space cops again! Continued).

St. Louis, MO - United States

Your Creations are the dance of a sacred walk. Your magic brushed adds great medicine to the one fire my brother. Thank you for gifting my life with this fearless expression of our people of nature. We shall reamain connected for the greater good. Kicking Bear Barry

Amsterdam, NH - Netherlands

It's always a great joy to look at your art, Joe! Wonderful people!

Denia, Al - Spain

Hi Joe, I can feel the peace and harmony in this.... and it feels good! Finding inner peace is probably one of the most important things in life. Actually, this painting would be a great tool for meditation. Excellent work. Ingrid...and thanks for your comment.

Puyallup, Wa - United States

this piece is awsome Joe you are an amazeing artist and seems like a great personality also, everyone likes u and i do too lynn

Selah, Wa - United States

Nice blend of desert landscape and portraiture

Medford, NJ - United States

Thank you Charles for your heart felt comments on my work,..and on this piece -- I am honored by your words and blessed by your honesty. All the best to you,.......Joe

Old Hickory , tn - United States

Heya Joe,thanks so much for the comment on my artwork,coming from an artist of your caliber really means alot.I have looked at alot of art during my life but your paintings is the only art that looks, right back atcha.I have never seen paintings that breathe such raw emotion,and speak directly to my inner being.The expressions on these peoples faces,each and every one,reads like a book,and I honestly believe you were called to paint your subjects,I think you represent the american Indians with a passion and a skill that cannot be surpassed!Shaman like!Beautiful!

Livonia, Mi - United States

Fantastic! The bright bold colors of your images are striking. I particularly like your scenic depiction of inner peace! (Thanks for your kind words about my work, Joe.).

Puyallup, Wa - United States

hey joe, tks for the comment, I love the future also, it reminds me of our herritage, you are an amazeing artist i love your work G>B lynn

St. Augustine, FL - United States

Thanks Joe, we all strive for inner peace and this painting makes that statement very clear.

Lansdowne, NS - Australia

Fabulous work!

Dubrovnik - Croatia

Joe, this is excellent, so creative. Mirjana

Tumwater, WA

You have an exquisite eye for how to blend brilliant colors, lighting and shadows. All of your art are fantastic.

Waverly, NY

I love here colorite, expression and composition,- ...wonderful painting!

Medford, NJ

Thanks again JW! Always a pleasure to hear from you - love all your work.

Hickory, NC

I love this painting - this and "Make Me Worthy" are two of my favorites!

Toronto, ON

More wonderful works Joe! You are such a talent...great, great job!! (We are always watching you...Oh! the pressure to perform...LOL!!!) All the best and hugs, Liz

Maple Heights, OH

Once again.. your vision is amazing.. great piece!!