Artist Joe Garcia,
Julian, California
 

Native Californian Joe Garcia lives and works near Julian, California, where the forest of oaks and pines shelter an abundance of birds, deer and other wildlife.  It is a perfect setting for an artist who specializes in painting those subjects.

Joe earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an advertising/illustration emphasis from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1970. He worked as an illustrator and graphic designer for 13 years, and spent his free hours honing his watercolor painting skills and showing his paintings in galleries and national exhibits. Joe left the commercial work behind in 1983, and began painting full-time.  He generally portrays his subjects in a tight, yet delicate center of interest, complemented by a loose, interpretive background.  In addition to his watercolors of wildlife he enjoys painting on location and in the studio.  Joe’s original paintings and prints may be found in galleries and private collections throughout the United States and Canada.
 

Exhibitions

Arequipa, Peru: Una Exposicion Para La Promocion y Conservacion at Centro Cultural Peruano

Norteamericano, Peruvian American Bi-Nationai Center in Arequipa, June 2005
California Contemporary Art Collection, sponsored by CA State Senate, Sacramento: 2003
"Birds in Art," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, Wl: 1993, '95, '96, '98—2000, 2002—2004
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT: 1996-2003; permanent collection, 1998/2000
Society of Animal Artists: 1994—2004
Eco-Art, Taipei, Taiwan: 1999
Annual Wildlife Art Show®

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC: February   

Reflections of Nature, annual wildlife art show in Fallbrook, CA First weekend of May     

Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD: November          

(Joe inducted to Hall of Fame, 2000)

Wildlife Art Festival, Redlands, CA: November

Organizations

Trout Unlimited Artist of the Year, 1999, 2000

Ducks Unlimited Companion Artist, 1996, 2004

California Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year, 1989,1997

California Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Artist, 2003

California First of State Upland Game Bird Stamp, 1993

California Upland Game Bird Stamp, 1996-97, 1999-200, 2001-2002

Ducks Unlimited National Flyway Artist, 1995
 

Magazine Articles

Dove Hunter, Jan-Feb, 2005

Watercolor Magic Handbook, July 2002

Outside the Box, Joe Garcia, The Artist Magazine, April 2000

Comrades in Art, Marcia Preston, Wildlife Art, Jan-Feb 1999

Watercolor Magic Magazine, National Award of Merit, 1998

Western Quail and the Artists Who Paint Them, Quail Unlimited Magazine, May-June, 1998

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, US Art, Sept 1997

Art Arithmetic, The Artist Magazine, Sept 1997

Nice Guys Finish First, Midwest Art, March-April 1998

Bird Watchers Digest, covers

Books

Mastering the Watercolor Wash, Joe Garcia, North Light Books, 2002

Wildlife Art, Joan Muvskens Pursley, Portfolio Press, 2002

The Best of Wildlife Art 2, Rachel Rubin Wolf, North Light Books, 2000

Wildlife Art, Alan Singer, North Light Books, 1999

The Art of the American West, Caroline Lindscott, Rockport Publishers, Dec 1998

Watercolour 10, Chinese Watercolor Society, Taiwan, 1996

Splash 3, Rachel Rubin Wolf, North Light Books, 1994

Contemporary Western Artists, Peggy and Harold Samuels, Southwest Art Publishing, 1982

Video

Artists' Workshop, RB Productions, 1999

Workshops

Joe teaches workshops for the following organizations:

Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona       

San Diego Watercolor Society              

Tsunami Tstudio                     

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, Arizona 

Galleries Showing Joe Garcia Original Watercolors and Oils

Ernest Fuller Fine Art, 1338 5th St., Denver, CO 80202-1606, 720-946-1296
Northwoods Gallery, 278 Main St., Chester, CA 96020, 530-258-3400
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, 30352 Hwy 78, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070, 760-765-1676
Spinetta Winery & Gallery, 12555 Steiner Rd., Plymouth, CA 95669, 209-245-3384
Windrush Gallery, 411 Hwy 179, Sedona, AZ, 520-282-7676

Contact Joe Garcia: PO Box 2314, Julian, CA 92036,

Studio ~ 760-765-2067, FAX ~ 760-765-0855