Artist, Art Educator
Joseph Osmann
ABOUT
Joseph holds a BFA from Penn State and the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College of London. His MFA is from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is a past director of the Maryland Center for the Arts, Goucher College, Towson, MD and has taught studio art and art history for decades and currently at the Osher Institute, CSU.
This recent series of dream-like paintings of villages evolved over the past year and have perhaps been a form of personal art therapy, of escaping into a trance.
Former student and Florida Artist Craig Erlich wrote:
To me, the cool, dusky side of the spectrum you’re working with seems to be highly effective in accomplishing a mood for dreamscapes! These paintings make me think of the phosphorescent detailed images that flicker behind closed eyelids as you drift off to sleep. Also, I get an impression of discontinuity, or of vibrant collages composed of memories from places visited in dreams. Rich and dreamy stuff!
SPEAKING
Honolulu Humanities Conference
“Three Act Structure in Media Design” 2005
Osher Institute, CSU
“How Abstract Art and the Beatles Helped Defeat Communism”
Fort Collins, CO 2022
Osher Institute, CSU “A History of Colorado Through Art and Photography” Fort Collins, CO 2022
Osher Institute, CSU
“Exploring Art History Through Modern Masters”
Fort Collins, CO 2022
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