About Joel
Workshops

Joel conducts workshops at his studio in Bugg Hollow and in other locations.

October 4-5  Plein Air Workshop in Louisville, Kentucky.
Upcoming Exhibits

  •  September 18, 2008 - Opening - Southern Breeze Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi
  •  December 4-7, 2008 - Brentwood Academy - Brentwood, Tennessee
Galleries
Publications
  • Book "Painting Tennessee - Portraits of Tennessee's 95 Counties"  2008     
  • February 2006   Featured as a Nationally Emerging Artist in  'Fine Art Connoisseur'
  • February 2006  Painting ' English Countryside' in Plein Air Magazine
  • October 2005  Painting 'Morning Along the Canal' in Plein Air Magazine
               Painting 'Cragfont Mansion' in Plein Air Magazine
  • April 2005 Painting 'Harbor in Nova Scotia' in Plein Air Magazine
  • August 2003 Painting 'Tennessee River' in Southwest Art
  • September 2002 painting 'New Orleans in the Rain' in Art Business News
  • 2002 IPAPA - Indiana Waterway Project  'Hoosier Waters' Featured 'Lake Michigan & Dunes' & 'Indiana Dunes'
  • April 23, 1995, Article in Hendersonville Star News.
Honors & Awards

  •  Juried into 30th Annual Indiana Heritage Show
  •     Dale Bessire Memorial Award 30th Annual Indiana Heritage Show
  •  1st Place in Oils 10th Annual 1st Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, Indiana 2008
  •  Juried into 29th Annual Indiana Heritage Show
  •  Honorable Mention in Oils - 9th Annual - 1st Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, Indiana  2007
  •  Juried into 28th Annual Indiana Heritage Show
  •    1st Place in Oils  -  8th Annual - 1st Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, Indiana  2006
  •  3rd Place in Oils  - 7th Annual - 1st Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, Indiana  2005
  •  Juried into 81st Annual Hoosier Salon - 2005, Indianapolis, Indiana
  •  Juried into 27th Annual Indiana Heritage Exhibition 2005
  •    T.C. Steele Memorial Award 27th Annual Indiana Heritage Exhibition
  •  Juried into 40th Annual Central South Art Exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee 2005
  •    George & Opal Dion Jundzilo Memorial Award - 40th Annual Central South Art Exhibition
  •  2nd Place in Oils - 6th Annual - 1st Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, Indiana 2004
  •  Juried into 80th Annual Hoosier Salon 2004
  •    Purchase Award  80th Annual Hoosier Salon 2004
  •  Juried into 26th Annual Indiana Heritage Show 2004
  •    Award of Excellence 26th Annual Indiana Heritage Show
  •  Artist in Residence - Indiana National Lake Shore National Park 2004
  •  Work selected for Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana  2004
  •  Juried into Chestnut Juried Show at Richland Fine Art, Nashville, Tennessee 2004
  •  Juried into Municipal Art League of Chicago, Biennial-Midwest Fine Art Competition 2004
  •  Juried into Hilton Head Art League 2004 National Juried Exhibition
  •  Feature Artist, Brentwood Academy Show 2003
  •  Jury selected for Painting the Parks, Rocky Mountain National Park Plein Air Show 2003
  •    People's Choice Award Painting the Parks, Rocky Mountain National Park
  •   1st Place Plein Air Gallery Award Painting the Parks, Rocky Mountain National Park
  •  Juried into 25th Annual Indiana Heritage Show - 2003, Nashville, Indiana
  •     Purchase Award for Silver Anniversary Indiana Heritage Show 2003
  •  Juried into 79th Annual Hoosier Salon - 2003, Indianapolis, Indiana
  •     Purchase Award 79th Annual Hoosier Salon
  •  Juried select to Paint the Indianapolis Zoo & Botanical Gardens 2003
  •  Honorable Mention Award, T.C. Steele, Spring Paint Out 2003
  •  1st Place "Visions of Nature Preserved 2003, The Harpeth River" - Chestnut Group
  •  Jury selected for Indiana Waterway Show & Publication, Indianapolis, Indiana 2002
  •  Juried into 78th Annual Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana 2002
  •  Purchase Award - Avon, Indiana Plein Air Paint-Out 2001
  •  Feature Artist - Harding Academy 1995
  •  Juried into 27th Annual Central South Exhibition 1992
  •  One Man Show  - Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee 1992
  •  Juried into 20th Annual Central South Art Exhibition 1985, Nashville, Tennessee
  •  Juried into 24th Tennessee All State Artists' Exhibition 1984, Nashville, Tennessee
  •    Honorable Mention in Oil - 24th Tennessee All State Artists' Exhibition,
  •  Best of Show, Valparaiso, Indiana  1972
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