Joseph Orr Art
b. 1949
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionally since 1972. He paints much of his work on location (Plein Air) and his paintings depict the landscape near his home in Osage Beach. Orr believes it is important to capture the environment around him. Rivers, forests and farms dominate his work, carrying the essence of the hour and placidity of the scene. The views are powerful and often pristine secret places, where the welcome shade of dogwoods, sycamores and oaks invite you to stop and read a bit of O. Henry or Ernest Hemmingway. Exhibits with the Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Knickerbocker Artists, and Salmundi Club (includes prominent artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Childe Hassam and William M. Chase) annuals in New York City established Orr’s work. Museum exhibitions include the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico; Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming; and the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming.
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Artist: Joseph Orr
River Access
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (Japanese, American, b. 1949)
River Access
Signed Lower Right
30 x 30 inches
39.5 x 39.5 inches with frame
BORN in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 31,1949, Joseph lived his first years in an orphanage sponsored by American Armed Forces. He was adopted April,1954 and came to the US at age 5 where he became an American citizen. As the Orr’s traveled for the US military Joseph enjoyed a childhood rich in experiences from Germany and back to California where he attended High School and started College.
Following his parents to Missouri In 1971 he took a job with Hallmark Cards as machine operator in the cardboard fold dept. It sparked an interest in art, so after a few months he sought out some of the Hallmark artists at their work for private lessons. He learned basic drawing and watercolor from Anthony Allison and, “Probably before I was ready”, he admits, Joseph was entering local art shows and even winning prizes. At that time Joseph also enrolled for art instruction under John Coleman at Longview Community College. He spent one semester there.
By the end of 1972 Joseph had quit his day job to become a full time painter, joining an art show tour group called Word Of Art, which was a new concept: culture meets promotion. Booking weekly art exhibits in the new indoor shopping malls across America, The idea transformed part of the art world by bringing art to the masses.
For Joe and many other artists in the early 1970’s, it created the chance to paint full time and sell their work to an otherwise unobtainable audience. During this time of continuous self study and painting Joseph transitioned from watercolor to the newer acrylic painting medium.
Believing that acrylic, as a fine art painting medium, can be as viable as oil, Orr has always promoted it as the modern medium that it is.
In 1990 Joseph, along with his wife, Rita and two other artists, founded the National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society. The Orr’s brainchild, they were aided in founding NOAPS organization by local art patrons, Wm & Martha Mitchell and fellow artists Pete Peterson and Dennis T. Yates.
While traveling with the World of Art Tour Joseph had met Rita Mathews, an aspiring artist, in Columbia, MO. They were married in June 1974 and stayed in Missouri, traveling and exhibiting their art together. Orr had a brief encounter with printmaking in 1977. He took private instruction in stone lithography and copper plate etching from Frank Stack, professor of art at the Univ of MO, Columbia, but painting remained his principal devotion.
By 1999 Joseph had become proficient enough to have obtained Gallery representation with several Fine Art Galleries across the US.
Joseph Orr currently resides in Osage Beach, Missouri, but travels to paint and visit his gallery representatives and Exhibit Openings.
PHILOSOPHY:
For me the idea is that painting should follow some form of illustration and truth telling. Basically, the premise of my painting philosophy, is to build layers of narrative into my paintings. A place or landscape scene is never defined satisfactorily without it’s relationship to color and composition. It is important to balance fact with imagination.
“ART REFLECTS THE SOUL OF SOCIETY. A JUDGMENT CAN BE MADE FOR THE ATTITUDE OR CONDITION OF SOCIETY BY INSPECTING THE POPULAR ‘IDEAS’ OF ART OR, IN SOME INSTANCES, THE LACK OF ART.” (JOSEPH C. ORR)
NOTED SOLO EXHIBITS :
*BIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL, LINDSBORG, KS;
*HARWELL ART MUSEUM, POPLAR BLUFF, MO;
*ASHBY-HODGE GALLERY OF AMERICAN FINE ART, FAYETTE, MO;
*NORFOLK ART CENTER, NORFOLK, NE;
*KODNER GALLERIES...
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Materials
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$10,000
Banker's Dream
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Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (b. 1949, Missouri)
"Banker's Dream"
Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas: 9 x 12
Framed Size: approx 12 x 16
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The Home Place
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (b. 1949)
"The Home Place"
Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas Size: 9 x 12
Framed Size: approx 12 x 16
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting profes...
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Materials
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Summer Rose
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (20th)
"Summer Rose"
Acrylic on Canvas
12 x 24 inches
approx 16 x 28 inches framed
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionally ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Joseph Orr Art
Materials
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Price Upon Request
Fields of Lace
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
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Winter's Afternoon
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (20th C.)
"Winter's Afternoon"
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 inches
28 x 34 inches framed
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Joseph Orr Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Long Road Home
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr (20th C.)
"The Long Road Home"
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
20 x 24 inches framed
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Joseph Orr Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Winter Wood
By Joseph Orr
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Orr
"Winter Wood"
Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 24
28 x 34 framed
Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionally since 1972. He paints much o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Joseph Orr Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
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