Joe Landis
Artist Statement
I aim to create beauty and tell a story of oneness. I paint because I have to, it's in my DNA! My inspiration comes from the beauty of our natural world. Sunrise and sunset, imagination, and dreaming. The concept I've been working with is inter connectedness. Which is expressed by using the flower of life grid. It represents an invisible energy field, a field that connects everything. There is no separation.
The process I've been developing over the years is a lost and found technique. Focusing on painting the landscape then geometry, back and forth. Multiple layers of transparent paint are applied until the desired effect is achieved.
We live in a holofractal geometric universe that's in a state of homeostasis. When I'm drawing all the circles on the canvas, if just one gets out of placement, it throws the whole grid out of balance. As well, the universe has to be in perfect symmetry. Physics proposes that matter is made of 99.9% empty space. Hermetic philosophy's first principle states, "All is mind, the universe is mental". Perhaps the 99.9% empty space isn't empty, but an alive, vibrant and intelligent field. A field that connects us all, to each other, our planet, and beyond.
Joe Landis received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rocky Mountain College of Art Denver, Colorado in 1999. Since then he has traveled from the rocky mountains to the east coast where he furthered his art by observing and painting nature on site. He gained 15 years of custom picture framing experience and continued taking art classes. As years have passed, he continues to learn, paint, and appreciate his life experiences. Joe and his wife Kari, reside just north of Madison, WI on a small organic farmette where they grow their own food and he paints the day away.
Original oil paintings are in both private and corporate collections including UW Health Madison and UW Eastpark Medical Center.
Artist Exhibitions
2025 October 3-30, UW East Madison Hospital (American Bistro Cafe), Madison, WI, Dreaming Together, solo show
2024 March 26- June 16, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI, Whispers of Worlds, duo show
2023 June UW Hospital, Madison, WI, Emergence, solo show
2019 August UW Hospital, Madison, WI, Geometric Unity, solo show
2018 March/April -Capitol Lakes Galleries, Madison, WI, Sacred Nature, solo show
2018 January/February -Willy St. Coop West, Madison, WI, solo show
2017 Great Frame Up Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Great Frame Up Gallery, Littleton, CO
2015 Denver Broncos Fieldhouse, Englewood, CO, Memories in the Making, group show
2008 Gerald A. Bartell Gallery, Madison, WI solo show
2004 Spiral Arts Gallery, Freeport, ME, group show
2001 Mill Creek, South Portland, ME, Art in the Park, group show
2001 Coffee By Design, Portland, ME, Seeing Color, solo show
2000 L/A Arts Lewiston, ME, group show
1999 Abend Gallery, Denver, CO, Connections in Time, group show
1999 RMCAD Gallery, Denver, CO, group show
1999 Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO, group show
Interviews
May 2024 Overture Center for the Arts
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