Joe's interests are in appropriation, spirituality, and the use of language as image in art, hence his use of magazine and newspaper as a starting point in much of his work.
Essentially Joe's technique is to begin with a printed image as a starting point, and then let his imagination take over, so that the finished artwork rarely has any resemblance to what is beneath the painting, although more frequently theses days Joe will leave some of the original text or imagery to show through and become part of the finished work. While Joe prefers painting people, he also enjoy's still life and abstract.
Joe prefers thickly textured oil paint, but will also occasionally use other media. Joe's also interested in printing techniques, and has recently returned to drawing.
To view more works please visit http://www.bengowing.com/
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