25 Joseph's interests include golf, photography, computers, digital art, running, triathlons, basketball, pop culture, culture, literature, philosophy, psychology, camping, hiking, mountain biking, and traveling. All these interests relate in the sense of loving and embracing life and all that it has to give, the experiences and the lessons they offer. He feels all of his experiences contribute to his art in one way or another. Joseph loves spending with his family and staying fit since he's running in the LA Marathon in 2000. He dislikes the phrase I can t , pessimistic attitudes, incompetence, half heartedness, and whining.
Color can be very powerful if one stops looking for faces or objects in a painting.
His concerns revolve around honesty in his work, expressing from within, and sharing his work with the world in general, regardless of people s backgrounds. Whether or not someone is educated in the arts, has a trust fund, owns a gas station, picks up trash, owns a gallery, or is a house parent, aren t important to him. What he values is problem solving in a visual and compositional way while expressing himself and his feelings in a non-verbal way. His need to create and explore, to work with color gives him the incentive to keep working. To see more, search Joseph Hanson here at ArtQuest.