THE ESSENCE: A U.S. AMERICAN ARTIST PROGRESSION IN ART & WHAT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL

Joe is a red, white and blue blooded American Artist; third generation Californian and is one in a family of six generations to reside in the Golden State, five generations native. He is the third child of seven. Joe married in nineteen-seventytwo. He and his wife have two children and presently one grandchild. Art, creative expression and their first influences came from Joe's mom. As a youth and to the present time, art has been and is a compelling force in his spirit. It is through the progression of art in his life that he is blessed with the knowledge and experience of "What Is Truly Beautiful".