Joe Morzuch

Artist Statement 

"I am interested in the visual and communicative potential of objects that are cast off, discarded, and over-looked.  Inherent to still life is an engagement with the mundane and domestic, as well as the notion of an arrested visual experience.  These subjects, their intrinsic intimacy, and working from life are rich with pictorial and conceptual possibilities.    

I work in a responsive manner directly from the motif, depicting objects at or near life-size and within reach of the viewer.  I am drawn to certain objects for their utility, the familiarity and simplicity of their form, and their potential to connect with viewers through our shared experience of their use.  

At the core of my practice is a curiosity to uncover and reconstruct a visual order.  During the painting process, adjustments of tone, color, and proportion lead to an articulation of form and space built on extended observation.  The paintings retain traces of these adjustments, functioning as both image and object." 

Green Chair

Oil on canvas on panel, 44" x 60", 2019