ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS Joaquin TurnerPrimary Medium: PaintingProfile Born among the gnarled cypress trees and
windswept dunes of Fort Ord, California, Joaquin Turner's childhood began with a visceral
connection to the area's unique landscape and ethereal light. His father's
career moved the family to Germany where Joaquin was introduced to some of the
world's greatest art museums through family road trips to Italy, France,
Austria, and Holland. Though still very young, he showed promise as an artist
and was profoundly influenced by the Old Masters' works he saw in the museums.
Joaquin enrolled in private painting classes in Germany where he fell in love
with oil painting. His family permanently returned to the Monterey area in
1991, allowing Joaquin to finish high school in Pacific Grove. He attended
college in San Jose, earning his degree in Graphic Design. During his tenure as
a Graphic Designer, Joaquin painted and exhibited in his free time until his
passion for painting led him to escape the office environment in order to
pursue a full-time career as a fine artist.
Joaquin is highly influenced by the works
of late 19th-early 20th Century Bay Area/Monterey artists, including Charles
Rollo Peters, Arthur Mathews, Xavier Martínez, Granville Redmond, as well as
many of the plein air painters active in Northern California during the early
1900s. Joaquin’s work often employs aspects of Tonalism, a distinctive style
of low-toned atmospheric painting popular in the Arts and Crafts movement.
Joaquin’s work displays a fervent
spirituality and deep admiration for the unparalleled beauty of the Monterey
Peninsula.
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Artist's Spotlight Luna sherazadas con pedestal - Sherezada Moons with Pedestal by Sergio Bustamante Sculpture 89x15x4"
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